If nothing else, you may want the ability to sense when a tax issue presents itself in your daily practice. This course will address several fundamental tax aspects of various legal matters. Required Texts and Materials . If you choose to purchase or borrow another version of the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, make sure the version you intend to use is dated on or after October, 1998. Optional Study Aids .
Students often approach their first tax course with some reticence.
Hoping to find the tax equivalent of the Rosetta Stone, many students search for the ideal commercial outline or treatise that will improve their confidence in learning and applying the law. With respect to all other secondary sources, you assume the risk. I would be happy to look at any outline or treatise you are considering for use in the course, but keep in mind that I have seen many of them and I really believe the four listed above are the best. Whatever you do, avoid at all costs the Casenotes Legal Briefs for the Burke and Friel casebook. It simply makes no sense to use a set of case briefs for a course so primarily focused on statutory analysis.