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Preparing the Manuscript Authors' Aids

It would greatly facilitate the processing of your article if you would observe the guidelines listed below for preparing your manuscript.

Title and author:
On a top sheet, give the title of the article, your name, your title, pertinent degrees and professional credentials, and contact information (phone/fax/e-mail).

Typing: All articles should be word-processed on one side of 8 x 11 white paper, double-spaced, with a left-hand margin of about one inch. Keep the formatting as simple as possible; do not use fancy typefaces or extra tabs.

Copies:
E-mail just one copy. If sending a disk, send one hard copy.

Endnotes:
Keep endnotes to a minimum; cite Code sections and regulations in the text itself. Type all endnotes double-spaced and appropriately numbered at the end of the manuscript. Please do not embed endnotes. See also Citations, below.

Length of manuscript:
An article should run about 15 pages (approximately five pages in the magazine). A shorter article may be published as a banner item or in a regular department of the magazine (e.g., Tax Clinic).

Citations:
Preferably, citations should be confined to footnotes. In any event, give only the handle (case name, etc.) in the text. (For example, if the Norwalk decision is frequently referred to in the article, state: In Norwalk,¹ the Tax Court...). In citations, exclude Commissioner, U.S. or the district directors name; they are unnecessary.

Word-processing format:
Articles should be submitted in Microsoft Word, if possible.

Title and author:	On a top sheet, give the title of the article, your name, your title, pertinent degrees and professional credentials, and contact information (phone/fax/e-mail).

Typing:	All articles should be word-processed on one side of 8 x 11 white paper, double-spaced, with a left-hand margin of about one inch. Keep the formatting as simple as possible; do not use fancy typefaces or extra tabs.

Copies:	E-mail just one copy. If sending a disk, send one hard copy.

Endnotes:	Keep endnotes to a minimum; cite Code sections and regulations in the text itself. Type all endnotes double-spaced and appropriately numbered at the end of the manuscript. Please do not embed endnotes. See also Citations, below.

Length of manuscript:	An article should run about 15 pages (approximately five pages in the magazine). A shorter article may be published as a banner item or in a regular department of the magazine (e.g., Tax Clinic).

Citations:	Preferably, citations should be confined to footnotes. In any event, give only the handle (case name, etc.) in the text. (For example, if the Norwalk decision is frequently referred to in the article, state: In Norwalk,¹ the Tax Court...). In citations, exclude Commissioner, U.S. or the district directors name; they are unnecessary.

Word-processing format:	Articles should be submitted in Microsoft Word, if possible.