Here it is with bright sunlight in the South, and the wimmenfolk in the kitchen fixing a festive Christmas dinner. In a few minutes, Callie will ask me to take out a huge bag of Christmas trash, and more company will come to pig-out for the rest of the day.
In the meantime, I'll read a few posts, and wonder about TTB. I'm one of those who haven't yet received mine, so I expect to receive it in the next day or two. This year there is a bit more anticipation, as I have heard very strong reviews. I also ordered the Small Business book separately and already there are topics I am anxious to read, as I will encounter certain situations in my practice this year.
I remember having to research these topics in the days before first ordering Brad's handy reference book in 1993. There were IRS instructions available in the Package X - and these were just preparation roadmaps - no strategy or addressing deductibility perspectives. There were also CCH, RIA, and PH libraries, if you had large sums of money, and time to update all the slipsheets. And if you were REALLY desperate, there was always the Code and Regs. Reading the Regs was, and continues to be, miserable. Many of them survive from the 1950s. And that doesn't count the Revenue Rulings and Temporary Regs. Court Cases? Impossible without a research monitor.
We now have The Tax Book. The Deluxe version is the best value of any reference book in the tax business, and the WebCD now automates this. The WebCD also includes research tools too extensive for a single printed book. And for those tedious and unique situations which cannot be addressed in any book? We now have the message board, where some of the sharpest tax people in the country share their ideas and opinions.
Christmastime brings back many visions of yesteryear, and most of us use the Season to wistfully remember when our lives were simpler. Not so for tax research -- yesteryear was clearly NOT the simple days.
Sincere wishes to all for Christmas and a Happy New Tax Filing Season to all!
In the meantime, I'll read a few posts, and wonder about TTB. I'm one of those who haven't yet received mine, so I expect to receive it in the next day or two. This year there is a bit more anticipation, as I have heard very strong reviews. I also ordered the Small Business book separately and already there are topics I am anxious to read, as I will encounter certain situations in my practice this year.
I remember having to research these topics in the days before first ordering Brad's handy reference book in 1993. There were IRS instructions available in the Package X - and these were just preparation roadmaps - no strategy or addressing deductibility perspectives. There were also CCH, RIA, and PH libraries, if you had large sums of money, and time to update all the slipsheets. And if you were REALLY desperate, there was always the Code and Regs. Reading the Regs was, and continues to be, miserable. Many of them survive from the 1950s. And that doesn't count the Revenue Rulings and Temporary Regs. Court Cases? Impossible without a research monitor.
We now have The Tax Book. The Deluxe version is the best value of any reference book in the tax business, and the WebCD now automates this. The WebCD also includes research tools too extensive for a single printed book. And for those tedious and unique situations which cannot be addressed in any book? We now have the message board, where some of the sharpest tax people in the country share their ideas and opinions.
Christmastime brings back many visions of yesteryear, and most of us use the Season to wistfully remember when our lives were simpler. Not so for tax research -- yesteryear was clearly NOT the simple days.
Sincere wishes to all for Christmas and a Happy New Tax Filing Season to all!
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