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Tax Law (TY2012)

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See also the TY2012 Kent Problem Page

Topic Area
  Lesson Notes / Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Standards of Conduct
  Standards of Conduct  
4491 Part 1: Getting Started
  Lesson 1: Course Introduction  
  Lesson 2: Screening and Interviewing  
  Lesson 3: Filing Basics  
4491 Part 2: Determining Filing Status and Exemptions
  Lesson 4: Filing Status  
  Lesson 5: Personal Exemptions  
  Lesson 6: Dependency Exemptions  
  Lesson 7: Unique Filing Status and Exemption Situations  
4491 Part 3: Determining Taxable Income
  Lesson 8: Income – Wages, Interest, Etc., Form 1040, Lines 7–11  
  Lesson 9: Income – Business; Form 1040, Line 12  
  Lesson 10: Income – Capital Gain or Loss; Form 1040, Line 13  
  Lesson 11: Income – Retirement Income; Form 1040, Lines 15–16  
  Lesson 12: Income – Rental and Schedules K-1  
  Lesson 13: Income – Unemployment Compensation; Form 1040, Line 19  
  Lesson 14: Income – Social Security Benefits; Form 1040, Line 20a  
  Lesson 15: Income – Other Income; Form 1040, Line 21  
4491 Part 4: Determining Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
  Lesson 17: Adjustments to Income  
4491 Part 5: Computing the Tax and Credits
  Lesson 19: Standard Deduction and Tax Computation  
  Lesson 20: Itemized Deductions  
  Lesson 22: Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses  
  Lesson 23: Education Credits  
  Lesson 24: Foreign Tax Credit  
  Lesson 25: Child Tax Credit  
  Lesson 26: Miscellaneous Credits  
4491 Part 6: Computing Other Taxes and Total Tax
  Lesson 27: Other Taxes  
4491 Part 7: Applying Refundable Credits and Computing Payments/Refund
  Lesson 28: Payments  
  Lesson 29: Earned Income Credit (EIC)  
  Lesson 30: Refund and Amount of Tax Owed  
4491 Part 8: Completing and Filing the Return
  Lesson 31: Quality Review of the Tax Return  
  Lesson 32: Concluding the Interview  
4491 Part 9: Amending and Filing Returns
  Lesson 34: Amended and Prior Year Returns  
Part NJ: New Jersey Additions
  NJ-1 Federal vs NJ Issues  
  NJ-2 Property Tax Relief Programs  
  NJ-3 Property Tax Reimbursement