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The Federal Tax course is designed for 2Ls and 3Ls to learn the foundational concepts of federal income taxation, including income, exclusions, deductions, rules for property transactions, and timing. The course features:
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LAW 424 Corporate Tax 3 hrs
An in-depth analysis of Internal Revenue code sections dealing with income taxation of corporations and their shareholders. Particular emphasis is given to such areas as transfers to controlled corporations, dividends, redemptions, liquidations, and Subchapter S corporations. Income Tax is a pre-requisite.
LAW 455 Estate Planning 2 hrs
This class is intended to serve as an introduction to basic estate planning techniques. Both tax and non-tax aspects will be considered from the perspectives of the drafting attorney, the settlor/testator, and beneficiaries. Emphasis will be placed on the fact gathering process, drafting, and using the marital deduction, tax credits, gifts, dynasty trusts, insurance trusts, family limited partnerships, charitable split-interest trusts, GRATS, QPRTS, sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts and other estate planning techniques to solve estate planning problems. Prerequisite: Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers or permission of instructor.
LAW 2003 Federal Tax Policy Seminar 2 hrs
This course examines the effects of tax law on the public. It looks at tax treatment, such as the preference for capital gain income and the use of deductions to encourage certain preferred behaviors. In addition, the course will consider the enactment and regulation of tax laws. The course will culminate with student presentations and papers. This course will satisfy the Advanced Writing requirement, and will also satisfy the Seminar requirement of the Advanced Legal Writing Certificate Program.
LAW 653 Federal Tax Procedure 2 hrs
Federal Tax Procedure covers the chronology of tax litigation, from assessment by the IRS to final disposition of the case by settlement or court decision. The course will cover tax disputes, including IRS assessment authority, statutes of limitation on assessment, choice of forum, Tax Court jurisdiction, overpayments and refund procedures. Preparation of a short tax protest and Tax Court petition will be required. The course will be graded, with the grade based on an examination towards the end of the course that will be worth 60% of the final grade, and on evaluation of the writing projects. Enrollment limited to 25. Prerequisite: Income Tax. This course satisfies 2 credits of the Experiential Learning requirement.
LAW 454 Federal Taxation of Wealth Transfers 3 hrs
A study of the statutes, regulations, and decided cases relating to the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes and to the income taxation of trusts and estates. Formerly entitled Taxation of Estates, Gifts and Trusts.
LAW 202 Income Tax 3 hrs
This course is a study of the fundamental principles of the Federal income tax system as applied to individuals, including the concepts of income, allowable deductions and limitations on deductions, and the characterization of gains and losses. The course stresses reading and applying the Internal Revenue Code. Other course materials include Treasury regulations, administrative pronouncements, and decided cases.
LAW 529 Pensions/Profit Sharing/Deferred Compensation 2 hrs
A study of statutory provisions and regulations affecting qualified plans under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. Discussion will focus on the necessary eligibility provisions, vesting provisions, contribution provisions, allocation provisions and other requirements mandated by the Internal Revenue Code. Discussion will also focus on the distribution of assets from qualified plans and the income tax ramifications with respect to such distributions. No prerequisites are required but Corporate Tax is encouraged.
LAW 154 Statutory Law & Analysis 2 hrs
This course will cover the fundamental skills involved in reading, understanding, and applying statutory language to the resolution of a legal issue. The students will learn about methods of statutory interpretation and will be required to apply these skills throughout the semester to various hypothetical fact scenarios. The course will cover the parts of a statute, the interrelationship between statutes and other sources of law, and the methods of reading and interpreting statutes.
LAW 488 Taxation of Pass-Through Entities 2 hrs
This course is an introduction to the taxation of pass-through entities, including partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and S corporations. Emphasis will be placed on problem solving. Income Tax is a pre-requisite.