Syllabus

Tax 4002

Chapter	Code Sections for Emphasis
1	1, 61, 62, 63, 1001
2	7805
3	1, 61, 62, 63, 1001, 1011, 151, 152, 1221, 6013
4	61, 441, 446, 83, 17, 215, 7872, 72a-c, 74, 79, 85, 86, 1041
5	102, 101, 117, 106, 105, 104, 119, 125, 127, 129, 132, 911, 103, 108, 111, 135
6	62, 63, 162, 212, 183, 262, 263, 267, 275, 265
7	166, 165, 174, 172, 1211
8	167, 168, 179, 280f
9	62, 67, 68, 274, 162, 217, 280a
10	213, 164, 163, 170
11	469, 465
12	55, 56, 57, 58
13	21, 32
14	1001, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1015, 1016
15	1031, 1033, 1034, 121, 1223
16	1221, 1222, 1223, 165g, 1235
17	1231, 1245, 1250
18	453

The drop deadline is March 6,1998. Students withdrawing prior to the deadline will receive a grade of W. Those still enrolled after that date will receive the grade earned. Incomplete grades will only be given if the student has completed 70% of the course with a passing grade. Makeup exams will only be allowed for an excused absence from an exam. In most cases, the missed exam will be made up as part of the comprehensive final exam.

Grades	Exam I	30%
	Final	50%
	Class Participation	20%

Tax 6065

The essence of this course is tax research. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of tax research. In addition, students will be afforded an opportunity to further develop their ability to communicate the findings of their research. This course is divided into three phases. Phase I will last until the end of September. During this phase, the technical details of tax research will be covered. There will be a written exam on this phase in early October. During Phase II, students will present findings from tax research in a moot court setting. This phase will last through October. During Phase III, various procedural aspects of tax practice will be explored. Each student will have the opportunity to present a topic to his or her classmates in a thirty minute lecture.

In addition, an eight to twelve page research paper on an approved tax subject will be required. An outline for the paper is due 10-7-97. The paper is due by the beginning of class on 11-4-96. There will be a penalty of a reduced grade step (e.g A to A-) for each day or portion thereof for late papers.

Text	West's Federal Tax Research, 4th Edition; Raabe, Whittenberg and Bost

Grades will be bases equally between class presentations(1/3), written papers (1/3), and written exams(1/3).

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