Federal Tax Research: Secondary Sources

Beside the major loose leaf tax services like the CCH SFTR there are a number of other loose leaf services that treat general tax law or specialized tax law. Similarly, there exist many treatises and other texts covering various aspects of the topic. Below is a selection of items found in the Library.

•  US Master Tax Guide. New York: Commerce Clearing House, 1943. KF6370 .C736  10^th floor (Annual). Desk book containing useful charts, schedules, and summaries of tax rules. Available via CCH VitalLaw .
•  Tax Aspects of Marital Dissolution. Gabinet, Leon, and Harold G. Wren. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2005. KF6333 .W74 2005 10^th floor. Available via Westlaw.
•  Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders. Bittker, Boris I., James S. Eustice, and Gersham Goldstein. Valhalla, NY: Warren Gorham & Lamont, 2000. KF 6464 .B548 2000+ 10^th floor.(loose leaf). Available via Westlaw.
•   Federal Taxation of Income, Estates, and Gifts. Bittker, Boris I., and Lawrence Lokken. Boston: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1999. KF6335 .B57 1999 10^th floor.. Regularly supplemented comprehensive loose leaf treatise. Available via Westlaw.     
•   Federal Income Taxation of Individuals. Bittker, Boris I., Martin J. McMahon, and Lawrence Zelenak.Valhalla, NY: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2002. KF6369 .B57 2002 10^th fl (loose leaf). Available via Westlaw.
•  Income Tax Treaties of the United States. Blessing, Peter H. Boston, MA: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1996-2000. KF6306 .B58 1996+ 10^th floor
•  Employer's Guide to Fringe Benefit Rules. Guarisco, Annette J., and Mary B. Hevener.Washington, D.C.: Thompson Pub. Group, 1994  (looseleaf). KF3509 .G82 10^th floor.
•  Taxation of Real Estate Transactions. Guerin, Sanford M. Chicago: CCH, 2005. KF6540 .G83 2005 10^th floor.
•  U.S. International Taxation. WG&L tax series. Kuntz, Joel D., and Robert J. Peroni. Boston: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1991. KF6419 .K96 1992 10^th floor (loose leaf). Available via Westlaw.
•  Partnership Taxation. Lipton, Richard. LexisNexis graduate tax series. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis, 2008. KF6452 .L498 2007 10^th floor.
•  The Law of Federal Income Taxation.Rosenberg, Joshua David, and Dominic L. Daher. Hornbook series. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West, 2008. KF6369.R673 2008 Reserve and Acad. Success 6th floor. Hornbook containing a broad overview of tax law. 
•  Retirement Benefits Tax Guide. Rutherford, Thomas F., and Theodore Simons. Chicago, IL: CCH, 2006. KF3509 .R87  2006  10^th floor (loose leaf).    
•  IRS Practice and Procedure. Saltzman, Michael I. Valhalla, NY: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2002. KF6300 .S26 2002 10^th floor (loose leaf). Available via Westlaw.
•  Tax Management Portfolios. Washington: Tax Management Inc, 1971-. The online equivalent of the numerous pamphlets providing extensive  of numerous tax issues is available to members of  UIC Law through Bloomberg Law.
•  Internal Revenue Manual, Abridged & Annotated. United States, and Bryan E. Gates. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 1991.(loose leaf). KF6301.A4 I56 1991 10^th floor. Available via Westlaw and Lexis.
•  WG & L Tax Dictionary. Westin, Richard A. Boston, MA: Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2000. KF6287.S54 6^th floor Reference, Can also be access on Checkpoint.

There are a number of works that are good supplements for students taking income taxation courses. A few are:

• Burke, J. Martin.Understanding Federal Income Taxation. Fourth edition. The Understanding Series. New Providence, N.J: LexisNexis, 2019.
• Delaney, James M. Questions & Answers. Federal Income Tax. Second edition. Carolina Academic Press Questions & Answers Series. Durham North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2019.
• Miller, John A. Problems and Solutions for Federal Income Taxation. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2016.
• Pratt, Katherine. Federal Income Tax: Examples & Explanations. Eighth edition. Examples & Explanations. New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2019.
• Smith, Stephen. Taxation: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. Oxford: University Press, 2015.

Users will need to provide their assigned Westlaw or LexisNexis login and password information when selecting links to those databases.

For other databases, such as Bloomberg Law and RIA checkpoint, links should lead directly to the resources if accessed from on-campus. If used off-campus, users will need to enter their UIC NETID and password to access the databases after selecting the database link.