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<b>Preface.</b> <p><b>Introduction.</b></p> <p><b>Part 1 Organization.</b></p> <p>1. Business Organization.</p> <p>2. Tax Year and Accounting Methods.</p> <p>3. Recordkeeping for Business Income and Deductions.</p> <p><b>Part 2 Business Income and Losses.</b></p> <p>4. Income or Loss from Business Operations.</p> <p>5. Capital Gains and Losses.</p> <p>6. Gains and Losses from Sales of Business Property.</p> <p><b>Part 3 Business Deductions and Credits.</b></p> <p>7. Employee Compensation: Salary, Wages, and Employee Benefits.</p> <p>8. Travel and Entertainment Expenses.</p> <p>9. Car and Truck Expenses.</p> <p>10. Repairs, Maintenance, and Energy Improvements.</p> <p>11. Bad Debts.</p> <p>12. Rents.</p> <p>13. Taxes and Interest.</p> <p>14. First-Year Expensing, Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion.</p> <p>15. Advertising Expenses.</p> <p>16. Retirement Plans.</p> <p>17. Casualty and Theft Losses.</p> <p>18. Home Office Deductions.</p> <p>19. Medical Coverage.</p> <p>20. Deductions for Farmers.</p> <p>21. Domestic Production Activities Deduction.</p> <p>22. Miscellaneous Business Deductions.</p> <p>23. Roundup of Tax Credits.</p> <p><b>Part 4 Tax Planning For Your Small Business.</b></p> <p>24. Income and Deduction Strategies.</p> <p>25. Tax Strategies for Opening or Closing a Business.</p> <p>26. Tax Strategies for a Sideline Business.</p> <p>27. Tax Strategies for Multiple Businesses.</p> <p>28. Alternative Minimum Tax.</p> <p>29. Other Taxes.</p> <p>30. Filing Income Tax Returns and Paying Taxes.</p> <p><b>Appendix A. Information Returns.</b></p> <p><b>Appendix B. Checklist of Tax-Related Corporate Resolutions.</b></p> <p><b>Index.</b></p>

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