Murphy/Higgins's CONCEPTS IN FEDERAL TAXATION 2010 offers students a better way to learn tax - through a conceptual approach. This approach presents taxation as a small number of unifying concepts. Once students understand these concepts, they can apply them to specific tax rules and to basic aspects of everyday economic life. The authors present the latest tax changes in a clear and straightforward manner so that students are not overwhelmed with technical detail. The text introduces students to individual taxation and covers business entities at the end. Concept Checks throughout this edition present material in comprehensible segments, ideal for CPA Exam review. Examples, appearing frequently throughout the text, relate concepts to familiar business scenarios using an engaging discussion and answer format. Murphy/Higgins's CONCEPTS IN FEDERAL TAXATION 2010 promises more exercises than any other text of its kind for the practice students need. H&R Block's TaxCut software and Checkpoint Student Edition from Thomson Reuters are packaged with each new copy of this text to provide your students with additional professional experience!