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Federal Income Tax (Shuldiner)

Fall 2024   LAW 640-001  

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Faculty
Reed Shuldiner

Alvin L. Snowiss Professor of Law; Co-Director, Center for Tax Law and Policy; Deputy Dean

rshuldiner@law.upenn.edu
Additional Information

Skills Training
None

Grading
100% Exam

Exam
Multiple Choice,
In Class,
Open-Book

Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement

No

Location

Class meets in person.

Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.

I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:

- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.

Meeting Times/Location
MW 1:30PM - 3:20PM
Gittis Hall 213

Category
Upper-Level

Credits
4.0

This course presents an introduction to the basic principles of the federal income tax. The course is designed both to educate the generalist in the fundamentals of taxation and to provide a foundation for those students who wish to take advanced tax courses. This course is a prerequisite for Corporate Taxation and other advanced tax courses.

Course Concentrations

Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.

Tax Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of tax law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of tax law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to tax law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of how tax law and policy affect other areas of law and business.


Textbooks

"Federal Income Tax Code and Regulation - Selected Sections" by Robert Peroni
Edition: 2024 - 2025
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
ISBN: 9780808060260
Required

"Federal Income Tax: Principles and Policies" by Graetz and Alstott
Edition: 9th (2022)
Publisher: Foundation Press
ISBN: 9781647089689
Required

"Federal Income Taxation" by Chirelstein & Zelenak
Edition: 15th (2023)
Publisher: Foundation Press
ISBN: 9781647083144
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