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Course name:

Your Income Tax - 2007 Tax Year- Part One

Course number:

1024.07A

See also:

Full course: 1024.07

Part Two: 1024.07B

Number of questions:

Review: 100
Final: 100

Prerequisite:

None

Course level:

Basic

Recommended CPE credit:

10 CPE hours

Recommended study time:

20 hours

Course format:

Interactive self study
CPE credit calculated as 50% of total study time (i.e. 100 minute hour)

Reference text:

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J.K.Lasser's Your Income Tax 2008 (for the 2007 tax year)
Prepared by the J.K. Lasser Institute

Paperback (848 pages)

Publisher: Wiley

ISBN: 0470137541

71st edition (11/02/07)  

Course last updated/reviewed:

November 18, 2007

Subject classification:

Taxation

Learning objective:

This course, Your Income Tax-Part One, covers material through chapter 17 of the J K Lasser text.

The course objective is to understand tax law including:

  • Basics of filing

  • Taxable Wages, Salary and Other Compensation

  • Fringe Benefits

  • Reporting Property Sales

  • Tax-Free Exchanges of Property

  • Retirement and Annuity Income

  • IRAs

  • Income From Rents and Royalties

  • Loss Restrictions

  • Other Income

  • Deductions Allowed in Figuring AGI

  • Claiming the Standard Deduction or Itemized Deductions

  • Itemized Deduction for Interest Expenses

  • Deductions for Taxes

  • Medical and Dental Expense Deductions