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February 2002

Asterisks indicate items in the Tax Clinic department.
 
Accounting Methods & Periods
  * Automatic Change to Cash Method
  * Simplified LIFO Can Ease Compliance, Boost Tax Savings
 
Corporations & Shareholders
  * Certain Mergers Involving Disregarded Entities Qualify as A Reorganizations
  * Substantially Disproportionate Redemptions
     
Credits Against Tax
  * Benefiting from the R&E Credit
     
Employee Benefits & Pensions
  * Calculating IRA Distributions
  * Recent IRS Ruling Could Reduce Tax on Deferred Compensation and Unexercised Options
    Navigating the Maze of the Required Minimum Distribution Rules, by Richard P. Weber and Steven C. Dilley
 
Expenses
  * 15-Year Amortization for Covenant Payment in Connection with Redemption
  * When Do Capital Expenditures Qualify as Deductible Medical Expenses?
    IRS Discusses Amount Deductible for Use of Private Plane
     
Foreign Income & Taxpayers
    Most Important Future International Tax Issues (chart)
  * Foreign Corporation's Interest Subject to Withholding under Step-Transaction Doctrine
     
Gross Income
    Employer Reimbursements to Employees for Salary-Reduction Amounts Used to Pay Health Insurance Premiums Were Not Excludible
     
Individuals
    Patriot Bonds
     
Partners & Partnerships
    Current Developments, by Hughlene Burton
    Planning for the Allocation of Cash-basis Items to Partners Whose Partnership Interests Change during the Tax Year
     
Practice & Procedures
    TEC Initiatives
     
Procedure & Administration
    Independent Contractor vs. Employee
    Package X
    Credit/Debit Card Tax Payments
  * Adequate Disclosure Avoids Sec. 6662 Penalty
  * Tax Options to Relieve a Dried-up Cashflow
    IRS Guidance on Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and Return Preparers
    Unsigned Joint Return Was Not Valid; 10th Cir. Reverses Own Decision and Affirms Tax Court
     
S Corporations
  * S Shareholder Loans: Potential Tax Trap
     
Special Industries
  * Mining Operations: The Receding-Face Doctrine
     
Tax Education
    Changes in the Learning Environment of Tax Education
     
Tax Policy
    The AICPA's 10 Guiding Principles, by Annette Nellen
     
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