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More About This Title J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Professional Edition 2018
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Professional Edition 2018 is the tax preparer's guide to smart tax filing and planning. The Professional Edition not only includes the trusted guidance, clear advice, and money-saving tips featured in Your Income Tax, but also provides citations of tax authorities to help tax professionals easily locate the law, IRS rulings and court decisions that support the text. Fully up to date with the newest changes for 2017 tax returns, expert guidance from J.K. Lasser helps you maximize deductions and shelter income while providing hundreds of examples of how tax laws apply to individual situations. While evolving tax law can get very complex very quickly, this invaluable guide is designed to help you find the answers you need without wading through volumes of the Internal Revenue Code or IRS materials. Special icons call out new laws, IRS rulings, court decisions, filing pointers and planning strategies, allowing you to locate important information without breaking your workflow.
Keeping up with changes to tax law is itself a full-time job—if it's not your full-time job, let the experts at J.K. Lasser do the legwork for you! Read from beginning to end or dip in and out as needed—this exceptional resource will help you:
- Get expert answers to tough tax situations quickly
- Navigate new laws, court decisions, IRS rulings, and more
- Locate authoritative sources easily with citations of references from the Code, the courts and the IRS.
- Avoid common pitfalls and adopt smart planning strategies for next year
Accessible, down-to-earth tax advice is always appreciated, but professional tax preparers need more—such as authoritative sources to back their advice and clarify tricky situations that their clients may encounter. J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax Professional Edition 2018 provides a quick one-stop resource for every tax pro, merging detailed citations with America's most trusted tax advice for over 65 years.
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Legislative Alert for 2018 xxvii
What’s New for 2017 xxix
Key Tax Numbers for 2017 xxxiii
Filing Basics 1
Reporting Your Income 33
Fringe Benefits 52
Dividend and Interest Income 75
Reporting Property Sales 101
Tax-Free Exchanges of Property 146
Retirement and Annuity Income 161
IRAs 197
Income From Real Estate Rentals and Royalties 243
Loss Restrictions: Passive Activities and At-Risk Limits 260
Other Income 288
Claiming Deductions 311
Claiming the Standard Deduction or Itemized Deductions 322
Charitable Contribution Deductions 330
Itemized Deduction for Interest Expenses 354
Deductions for Taxes 371
Medical and Dental Expense Deductions 378
Casualty and Theft Losses and Involuntary Conversions 396
Deducting Job Costs and Other Miscellaneous Expenses 421
Travel and Entertainment Expense Deductions 435
Personal Exemptions 461
Personal Tax Computations 475
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) 481
Computing the “Kiddie Tax” on Your Child’s Investment Income 489
Personal Tax Credits Reduce Your Tax Liability 495
Tax Withholdings 516
Estimated Tax Payments 523
Additional Medicare Tax and Net Investment Income Tax 529
Tax Savings for Residence Sales 537
Tax Rules for Investors in Securities 552
Tax Savings for Investors in Real Estate 568
Tax Rules for Investors in Mutual Funds 581
Educational Tax Benefi ts 590
Special Tax Rules for Senior Citizens and the Disabled 609
Members of the Armed Forces 621
Planning Alimony and Marital Settlements 639
Other Taxes 646
Gift and Estate Tax Planning Basics 654
Business Tax Planning 663
Retirement and Medical Plans for Self-Employed 693
Claiming Depreciation Deductions 703
Deducting Car and Truck Expenses 720
Sales of Business Property 734
Figuring Self-Employment Tax 741
Filing Your Return and What Happens When You File 749
Filing Refund Claims, and Amended Returns 759
If the IRS Examines Your Return 763
GLOSSARY 965
INDEX 971
