Taxes And Business Strategy

Written from an economic decision-making perspective, this text provides a detailed analysis of how tax rules influence economic decisions and gives the reader a useful framework for thinking about how taxes affect business activities. Revision coming December 2000.

For investment banking, corporate finance, strategy consulting, money management or venture capital courses at the graduate level. Students benefit because the book provides a framework for understanding how taxation influences asset prices, equilibrium returns, and the form and content of contractual agreements. The revision features a stronger MBA perspective and emphasis on student learning. This is achieved by integrating the tax law with fundamentals of corporate finance and microeconomics. In addition, the second edition focuses more clearly on the economic consequences of alternative contractual arrangements than on the precise tax laws governing the arrangements.

For MBA students and graduates embarking on careers in investment banking, corporate finance, strategy consulting, money management, or venture capital Through integration with traditional MBA topics, Taxes and Business Strategy, Fifth Edition provides a framework for understanding how taxes affect decision-making, asset prices, equilibrium returns, and the financial and operational structure of firms. Teaching and Learning Experience This program presents a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students: Use a text from an active author team: All 5 authors actively teach the tax and business strategy course and provide students with relevant examples from both classroom and real-world consulting experience. Teach students the practical uses for business strategy: Students learn important concepts that can be applied to their own lives. Reinforce learning by using in-depth analysis: Analysis and explanatory material help students understand, think about, and retain information.

Strategic Business Tax Planning, Second Edition is the definitive handbook on business tax planning, skipping the unnecessary and minute taxation details and focusing instead on the big picture in taxes. Organized around business processes, this reader-friendly guide shows you how to optimally put tax management principles to work in your business.

A corporate guide to understanding the basic tax implications ofeveryday business Organized to cover the tax implications of transactions as theyoccur through a company's life cycle, the basic principles of taxmanagement are applied through the use of case studies thatsimulate a variety of real-world marketplace conditions.Value-added and financial reporting effects of tax management arediscussed, as well as country-specific tax rules, and cross-bordertransactions. John E. Karayan, JD, PhD (Glendale, CA), is a professor atCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is also apartner in the law firm of Bond Karayan. Charles W. Swenson, PhD (Pasadena, CA), is a professor atthe University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where heteaches a number of courses in accounting and taxation. Over the years, financial professionals around the world havelooked to the Wiley Finance series and its wide array ofbestselling books for the knowledge, insights, and techniques thatare essential to success in financial markets. As the pace ofchange in financial markets and instruments quickens, Wiley Financecontinues to respond. With critically acclaimed books by leadingthinkers on value investing, risk management, asset allocation, andmany other critical subjects, the Wiley Finance series provides thefinancial community with information they want. Written to provideprofessionals and individuals with the most current thinking fromthe best minds in the industry, it is no wonder that the WileyFinance series is the first and last stop for financialprofessionals looking to increase their financial expertise.

Despite popular opinion, it is possible to run a profitable, honest business while minimizing taxes and staying out of legal trouble. Tax Savvy for Small Business helps readers do just that, detailing year-round tax-saving strategies for: -- claiming all legitimate deductions -- maximizing fringe benefits -- keeping accurate records -- documenting expenses -- surviving an audit The 5th edition provides the most current IRS rules, the latest tax codes and a new chapter of "Frequently Asked Questions."