Tax Law Research
November 2005

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Books

Library Catalog

To search for books, journals, and audiovisual materials held by William & Mary libraries, use the LION catalog.

Search Tips:

• Subject Queries--Income tax--Law and legislation--United States, Inheritance and transfer tax--Law and legislation--United States, Gifts--Taxation--Law and legislation--United States, Corporations--Taxation--Law and legislation--United States
  
  
• Remember that individual jurisdictions can be searched, e.g. Taxation--Law and legislation--Virginia

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Taxation: KF 6271-6645 (federal taxation); KF 6720-6795 (state and local taxation). Browse the shelves under these call numbers to locate relevant treatises.

To search for materials from other libraries, use the Worldcat database on FirstSearch

Other Libraries - Links to other libraries and library catalogs available through the web

Selected Treatises

• Bittker, Boris I., Martin J. McMahon, Jr., and Lawrence Zelenak. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals, 3rd ed.
  KF6369 .B57 2002
  
  
• Bittker, Boris I., James S. Eustice, and Gersham Goldstein. Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders, 7th ed.
  KF6464 .B5 2000
  
  
• Rose, Michael D. and June R. Chommie. Federal Income Taxation
  KF6369 .R67 1988
  
  
• Hellerstein, Jerome R. and Walter Hellerstein. State Taxation
  KF6750 .H44 1998
  
  
• Kahn, Douglas A. and Jeffrey S. Lehman. Corporate Income Taxation, 5th ed.
  KF6464 .K28 2001
  
  
• Mertens, Jacob. The Law of Federal Income Taxation
  KF6369 .M4
  
  
• Posin, Daniel Q. and Daniel B. Tobin. Principles of Federal Income Taxation of Individuals, 7th ed.
  KF6369 .C43 2005

Journal Articles

Indexes to Journal Articles

Legal Trac  

• Subject Queries--taxation law and united states
  
  
• Indexes articles from nearly 900 legal journals, bar association publications, law reviews, and legal newspapers. Includes book reviews. Options for accessing this index include:
  
  
• Current Legal Index Print Coverage: 1980-Present. Updated Monthly. Location: Periodicals

Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP) (Print Only)

Indexes articles from legal journals, bar association publications, law reviews, book reviews, and legal newspapers. Location: Reference (Index Table)

Subject Queries--

• Taxation
• Tax Law
  

Full Text Articles (from journals, newsletters, and legal newspapers)

• Lexis Combined Law Reviews LAWREV;ALLREV
  
  
• Lexis Tax Law Review Articles, Combined LAWREV;TAXLR
  
  
• Westlaw Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals TP-ALL
  
  
• Westlaw Tax Law Reviews, Texts & Bar Journals TX-TP

Specialized journals on labor and employment law include:

• The Journal of Taxation
  
  
  • Westlaw WGL-JTAX, Coverage starts 1985
  
  
  
• The American Journal of Tax Policy, American College of Tax Counsel
  
  
  • Westlaw AMJTP, coverage begins 1988, full coverage begins 1994
    
    
  • Lexis AMJTP, coverage begins 1994
  
  
  
• Virginia Tax Review
  
  
  • Westlaw VATXR, coverage starts 1987
    
    
  • Lexis UVATAX, coverage starts 1981
  
  
  
• New York University Tax Law Review
  
  
  • Lexis NYUTAX, coverage starts 1982
  
  
  
• National Tax Journal
  
  
  • Westlaw NATAXJ, coverage starts 1994
  
  
  
• Tax Law Review
  
  
  • Westlaw TAXLR, coverage starts 1988

Looseleaf Services and Newsletters

Topical Services & Reporters

• CCH Standard Federal Tax Reporter
  
  
  • Contains extensive materials on federal income taxation including the text and analysis of the Internal Revenue Code, IRS rulings, IRS regulations, IRS procedures, cases, and administrative and legislative news. Relevant cases are digested throughout the set. The set is updated weekly in print and online.
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6285 .S67
  
  
  
• RIA Federal Tax Coordinator 2d
  
  
  • Contains complete coverage and analysis of income, FICA, FUTA, estate, gift and excise taxes, as well as the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations.
    
    
  • Westlaw RIA-FTC
    
    
  • RIA Checkpoint
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6285 .F452
  
  
  
• RIA United States Tax Reporter
  
  
  • Contains text and analysis of the Internal Revenue Code, treasury regulations, and legislative committee reports, as well as annotations of cases and rulings. Includes excise taxes.
    
    
  • Westlaw RIA-USTR
    
    
  • RIA Checkpoint
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6285 U74
  
  
  CCH Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter
  
  
  • Contains extensive materials on federal estate and gift taxation including the text and analysis of the Internal Revenue Code, IRS rulings, IRS regulations, IRS procedures, cases, and administrative and legislative news. Relevant cases are digested throughout the set. The set is updated weekly in print and online.
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6571 A8F45
  
  
  RIA Estate Planning and Taxation Coordinator
  
  
  • Contains text and analysis of the Internal Revenue Code, treasury regulations, and legislative committee reports, as well as annotations of cases and rulings concerning estate planning and taxation.
    
    
  • Lexis FEDTAX; ESGIFT
    
    
  • RIA Checkpoint
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6571 A8E82
  
  
  

Newsletters

• Tax Notes
  
  
  
  • Contains in-depth articles analyzing legislative proposals under consideration by the congressional tax writing committees, court decisions, regulatory pronouncements, and new trends in the administration of tax law. Every issue provides summaries of all full text documents pertaining to federal tax law
    
    
  • Lexis ACCTG;TXNMAG 1982-
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6276 .T3 T3
  
  
  
• Tax Management Weekly Report
  
  
  • Analyzes legislative, regulatory, and judicial tax developments
    
    
  • Westlaw TM-TMWR 1987-
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6272 .B8 T56
  
  
  
• CCH Federal Tax Weekly
  
  
  • Analyzes legislative, regulatory, and judicial tax developments
    
    
  • CCH Federal Tax Library
    
    
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6285 .C452 1993
  
  
  
• CCH State Tax Review
  
  
  • Covers changes in laws, pertinent court decisions, and administrative rulings and offers articles written by experts
    
    
  • CCH State Tax Library
  
  
  
  • Print Location: Special Subj. KF6285 .S675

Additional Resources

• Eis, Arlene L. Legal Looseleafs in Print (published annually)
  Ref. KF1 L4
  
  
• Eis, Arlene L. Legal Newsletters in Print (published annually)
  Ref. KF1 L44

W&M Databases

Lexis

• Materials include case law, proposed and enacted legislation, and regulations. Selected secondary sources include journal articles (e.g., Virginia Tax Review 1981-) and newsletters.
  
• Case Law, Regulations and IRS Material Combined FEDTAX;OMNI

Westlaw

• The Taxation Practice-Area Materials include current and proposed federal legislation, regulations, and court decisions. Selected secondary sources include journal articles (e.g., Tax Law Review 1988-); and newsletters (e.g., Tax Management Weekly Report 1987-.) It also contains international materials, such as treaties and other agreements dealing with environmental law.
  
• Federal Taxation-- U.S. Code Annotated FTX-USCA
  
• Federal Taxation--Final, Temporary and Proposed Regulations FTX-REG
  
• Federal Taxation-- Cases FTX-CS
  

World Wide Web Resources

Internal Revenue Service
Contains links to tax statistics, taxpayer help, tax regulations, and forms & publications http://www.irs.gov

Joint Committee on Taxation
Contains Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) publications, press releases, and other tax-related information http://www.house.gov/jct

House of Representatives: Committee on Ways and Means
Contains links to hearings, prints and publications, rules and jurisdiction, and legislative resources http://www.house.gov/ways_means

Senate Finance Committee
Contains links to press office legislation, hearings, Roth-IRA information. http://www.senate.gov/~finance

U.S. Department of Justice Tax Division
The Tax Division's primary function is to serve as a general purpose law firm for its principal client, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). On behalf of the IRS, the Division handles virtually all civil litigation arising under the internal revenue laws except for those cases which are docketed in the U.S. Tax Court, and enforces the criminal tax laws by supervising or directly handling all criminal tax prosecutions. http://www.usdoj.gov/tax



Associations

ABA Section on Taxation
The Section offers vital information about tax law and keeps members apprised of new substantive, administrative and procedural developments. Members have the opportunity to meet and share practical ideas with other tax lawyers and actively address current tax issues. http://www.abanet.org/tax/home.html

National Association of Tax Practitioners
The National Association of Tax Practitioners (NATP), founded in 1979, is a nonprofit professional association dedicated to excellence in taxation. NATP was formed to serve professionals who work in all areas of tax practice. Members include CPAs, individual practitioners, enrolled agents, accountants, attorneys, and financial planners http://www.natptax.com

National Tax Association
Founded in 1907, the National Tax Association is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical educational association that fosters study and discussion of complex and controversial issues in tax theory, practice and policy, and other aspects of public finance. http://www.ntanet.org

Tax Analysts
Tax Analysts is a nonprofit organization founded in 1970. Publications are their principal means of rendering public service. These publications provide forums for discussion of a wide variety of tax ideas. By facilitating discussion, they seek to encourage development of fiscal systems that are fair, simple, and economically efficient.

Other Associations may be found in the Encyclopedia of Associations (REF AS22 .E5).



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