Summer Intersession or Fall 2013 Initial Class Assignment for:

Federal Income Taxation § a

Instructor: Bruce McGovern

First class date: August 19, 2013

Posting date: Aug 4, 2013 @ 16:05:56

Instructions:

Note: the required texts for the course are listed in the "News" 
section of the course web site on STANLEY.



For the first week of class:



--Read the Preface to the Burke and Friel casebook.

--Read chapter 1 and be prepared to discuss the problem on pages 1 

and 2.  Specifically, be prepared to discuss how each item could be 

treated under our income tax system, how it actually is treated, and 

what Code sections are relevant to your determination.



We will spend the first two class sessions discussing chapter 1. For 

the first class session on Monday, August 19, you should read 

carefully the whole chapter and be prepared to discuss the problem 

on pages 1 and 2. We will finish our discussion of chapter 1 in the 

second class session on August 21.



Things to be aware of for the first day:



--Choose whatever seat you like, and during the first class I will 

ask you to fill out a seating chart.

--I will call on people for random recitation.