Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Construction Management    4. Construction contracts    5. Engineering - Civil    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Management - General    8. Taxation    9. United States    10. Building construction & materials    11. English law: environment law    12. English law: planning law    13. Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law    14. Technology / Engineering / Civil   

Reviews (2)

Has serious mathematical errors
This book is good as an overview to give you a starting point of what you can use as quantitative methods in managing projects. However the book contains mathematical errors, not typos but actual reasoning errors ... use with caution.
Walks the reader through its mathematical formulas
Quantitative Methods In Project Management by John C. Goodpasture (President and Founder of Square Peg Consulting, a consulting firm specializing in the field of project management) is a straightforward business guide to calculating project values and using basic metrics to measure success. Written especially for corporate and governmental project workers who are not necessarily advanced students of mathematical theory, Quantitative Methods In Project Management carefully , clearly, and comprehensively walks the reader through its mathematical formulas and principles, and is a great resource for learning how to quickly and accurately access the worth of a project goal. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business Mathematics    4. Business/Economics    5. Management - General    6. Management Science    7. Mathematical models    8. Planning    9. Project Management    10. Personal finance    11. Taxation    12. USA   

Reviews (11)

Excellent Advice on Probating an Estate
My brother and I are in the process of probating my Mom's estate with the assistance of this excellent book by Nissley.It hops around a little bit, but all the information is between the covers.So far we have had zero problems.We have not had to consult with an attorney nor a paralegal to have our forms filed with the court.This book is going to save us time and money - about $5,000 on my Mom's small estate.Thank you Julia Nissley and Nolo Press!

Excellent resource
I used this book to administer an estate in CA. It walked me through the entire process and the forms provided in the book were very helpful. It saved us a lot of fees that would normally go to an attorney and turned what could've been a mysterious legal jumble into a step-by-step process that could be understood.

Used as school text
I bought this as a text for school...good book, easily understandable. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. California    3. Estate Planning    4. Estates & Trusts    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Personal Finance    7. Personal Finance - General    8. Personal Finance - Taxation    9. Popular works    10. Practical Guides    11. Probate law and practice    12. Property Law    13. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Communications    3. Europe    4. International    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights    9. Political Science    10. Politics/International Relations    11. Privacy, Right of    12. Telecommunication    13. Telecommunications    14. United States    15. Communications law    16. Constitutional & administrative law    17. Germany    18. Law / General    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Auditing - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Popular works    7. Tax courts    8. Tax protests and appeals    9. Taxation    10. Taxation - General    11. United States    12. Business & Economics / Taxation / General    13. Finance & Accounting    14. Business    15. Career   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Taxation    7. Taxation - General    8. Accounting    9. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    10. Taxation law   

Reviews (3)

An excellent technical resource
The nonprofit sector is a huge part of the American economy. Nonprofits range from multinationals to your local little league. While, technically, the same body of tax laws applies to all of them, the level of sophistication varies as dramatically as the size of the nonprofit. And while the big nonprofits can afford to buy expertise, smaller nonprofits have to manage more of the tasks themselves. This book can help. Very comprehensive "hornbook."
In mid-1999 I read this treatise in conjunction with the author's one day course on the Law of Tax Exempt Organizations.The book is essentially a "hornbook:"a summary of law geared towards lawyers andaccountants, rather than the casual reader.It would be especially helpfulfor lawyers and accountants in outside firms who counsel a variety ofdifferent tax exempt organizations and are confronted with questions of howto structure an organization or several related organizations.Thematerial is valuable but no easy slogging, so if you can take the course(which in mid-1999 was approx. $230 and included the book), it would beworth the extra $70 or so.

The single most important treatise on the law of nonprofits
US nonprofit boards, officers, senior managers, and funddevelopment professionals have enough to contend with without alsoracing to keep pace with the accelerating changes in the multi-faceted law of tax-exempt organizations.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Charitable uses, trusts, and f    4. Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Non-Profit Organizations Management    8. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    9. Nonprofit organizations    10. Tax Law    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    14. Financial law    15. Non-profitmaking organizations    16. USA   

Subjects:  1. Budget    2. Civil Procedure    3. Congress    4. Congress.    5. Government - National    6. Governmental Budgeting    7. House    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Political Science    11. Politics/International Relations    12. Rules and practice    13. United States    14. United States.    15. Central government policies    16. Political Science / Government / National    17. Political structure & processes    18. Public finance    19. USA   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economic Theory    5. Economics - General    6. Economics - Theory    7. Statistics    8. Taxation    9. Taxation - General    10. Business & Economics / Economics / General   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. General    5. Taxation - Corporate    6. Taxation - General    7. Business & Economics / General    8. Corporate finance    9. Taxation   

Reviews (26)

Use the time you saved doing taxes to read a map of Europe
Paraphrase from one of the book's highlighted sections:
The Flat Tax is rearranging the deck chairs on theTitanic
I supported Steve Forbes Tax reform 10 years ago when he was trying to become president.I now support H.R. 25 the FairTax.It is a grass roots effort to reform our nations tax code from an income based tax to a consumption based tax.
flat tax is a fraud
I am a CPA who has practiced for over 30 years.99.9999999% of the complexity of taxes has to do with determining just what is income and what is a deduction.Flat rates won't change that.Steve Forbes entire premise is a fraud.I have been listening with frustration to his inane ramblings for years, and I can't understand how he gets away with it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Economics - Theory    5. Flat-rate income tax    6. Income tax    7. Public Policy - Economic Policy    8. Taxation    9. Taxation - General    10. United States    11. North America   

Subjects:  1. Computer Networks    2. Computers    3. Electronic Commerce    4. International    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Tax Law    8. Taxation    9. Business & Economics / Public Finance    10. International economic & trade law    11. Internet    12. Taxation law   

Reviews (10)

Good coverage
Many people get al excited when they first try to get into the music business only to get shot down by the many intricate twists and turns involving all the legal aspects of running a record label. Mountains of forms and paperwork with no understanding slowly stack up on the producer's desk with no end in site. The situation is a cry for help and that help comes in the form of information, information obtained by reading this very interesting book that details all that is involved with law aspects of this kind.

A must-read.
This book is hella boring, but its definitely a necessity for anyone involved in music. It clears up a lot of questions, and a lot of things you might have never even thought about. Reading this book is a must if you want a grasp on legal concepts. I also suggest "101 Music Business Contracts" from Platinum Millenium.

Necessary book and usefull information!
this book isnt all its cracked up to be but has plenty of really good onformation and examples hide inside it. from how to negotiate a contract to many other laws and such this book covers mainly all of it. for a better less boring book that has plenty of examples in it i suggest the book by ty cohen "101 Music Business Contracts" you cant go wrong with that one! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Business Aspects    3. Economic Aspects Of Music    4. Entertainment    5. General    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal status, laws, etc.    9. Music trade    10. Music/Songbooks    11. Singers    12. Sound recording industry    13. Taxation    14. United States    15. Employment & labour law    16. English law: employment & labour law    17. Music industry    18. USA   

Subjects:  1. International Law    2. Switzerland    3. Taxation law   

Subjects:  1. Architectural contracts    2. Construction contracts    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Public works    7. Taxation    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Law    3. Law and legislation    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Natural gas    6. Petroleum law and legislation    7. Public Utilities    8. Taxation    9. United States   

Reviews (1)

helpful
The book simplifies tax concepts and condenses them so that the students has a better understanding of the subject. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Financial    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Partnership    5. Partnerships    6. Taxation    7. United States    8. Ownership & organization of enterprises    9. Taxation law   

Reviews (3)

Required Reading for every real estate investor
This Third Edition is a great book for all real estate investors, whether yoa are an agent or not.In fact I think that is more valuable for the knowledgeable investor. The author is a CPA and real estate broker, who has written a marvelous book relating the Federal Tax code to real estate applications.There are chapters on Personal Residence Exclusion of $250,000/$500,000, Capital Gains, and Installment Sales.you will find detail in this book that is not present in any other tax book for real estate investors. Excellent details
This book is not meant to be read cover-to-cover.It would take a very patient and determined reader to go through every example and exception and tax detail.However, it is in these details that this book stands out.The language used is straightforward, the examples are well thought-out and realistic.Use the book more like a reference - go directly to the chapter related to your intended transaction; the chapters are quite self-contained. Practical and Understandable Tax Advice About Real Estate
This 3rd edition of Vern Hoven's book is an excellent reference for realestate brokers and agents.I have given it as a Christmas present to allmy agents.I have also alerted a client to a potential tax problem his CPAoverlooked, but I recognized as a result of reading this book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Real Estate - General    3. Taxation    4. Business & Economics / Real Estate   

Subjects:  1. Construction    2. Construction - General    3. Construction contracts    4. Design & Construction    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States    8. Construction & heavy industry    9. House & Home / Design & Construction   

Reviews (2)

Not good for problem solving
I didn't like this textbook at all: on one hand, it is easy enough to read (with the simple examples throughout the chapters), on the other hand, it doesn't give you any guidance on how to do the homework problems, which totally differ from the chapter examples. Many of the most important rules were not in the body of the chapter but in a tiny footnotes, which you are constantly required to use in homework problems. Unless you have a great instructor, who can explain the steps for performing tax plannig cases and problems, I would not recommend this book for students who are not familiar with tax laws.

good introductory book for taxation
It is a good book to get started with some basic concepts and framework behind taxation. The book is well written and easy to read, even for people with very limited knowledge in taxation or accounting.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Taxation - General    5. Business & Economics / Taxation / General    6. Taxation