T F youre looking for a routine guide to the 1 040<br > Formthis isnt itThis book doesnt recite the<br > standard categories of exemptions or itemized deduc<br > tionsIt has no tables of tax ratesYou wont find the<br > answer as to whether you should file Schedule CAn<br > swers to black-andwhite tax questions are available<br > elsewhere<br > Insteadthis book iS about the gray area of tax<br > lawIt is about real conflict over taxes--actual border<br > 1ine cases where taxpayers have cut their tax bilIs by<br > contesting the Internal Revenue Service in court<br > The bookif used properlyshould help you cut<br > your tax billIt will enable you to look at the law and<br > the IRS with a new degree of sophisticationTax law<br > is continually reinterpreted and in fluxThe book<br > will alert you to tax possibilities you11 never find in<br > an IRS instruction bookietmainlV because the IRS<br > is still resisting them in courtSome of these may fit<br > your situation and save you money<br > Unlike many tax guidesthis book doesnt mereһ<br > 1y 0utline hypothetical tax situationsThe book gives<br > thespecifics of real legal cases that have been tested<br > in the crucible of the courtsIn addition to legal de<br > cisionsthe book also provides the latest interpreta<br > tions by the Internal Revenue Service of many partic<br > ular tax questions<br > The selections are drawn fromTax Reportthe<br > popular Page One column published weekly in The<br > II Street Journali the national business daily?It<br > contains the best and most significant of the thou<br > sands of Tax Report items over the past five years<br >