
My 128th certificate from Coursera
Federal Taxation II: Property Transactions of Business Owners and Shareholders University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign As individual or...

Character of Gains and Losses, and The Netting Process
Recall there are a few key items when evaluating a property transaction: Also recall the holding period of...

Federal Taxation: Special Gain and Loss Provisions
In the last post, we looked at two major non-taxable exchanges: like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions. In those...

Gains, Losses, and Non-Taxable Transactions
Overview of Gains and Losses At a very high level, it’s important to be able to calculate the...

Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
Cost Recovery What is cost recovery? For accounting purposes, businesses must capitalize the cost of assets, if the...

Basics of Bonds, Stocks, and Dividends
Interest Rates Saving Accounts After the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, the current economic situation is rather...

My #98 course certificate from Coursera
Startup Valuation MethodsDuke University Hey, new business owners, this wonderful course is for you! You probably have already...

Venture Capital and Angel Investors
Source of Capital for Startups First of all, there are 2 critical lessons to remember: Imagine you’re the...

Basics of Valuation
How do markets and investors determine the valuation of a company? There is a framework that financial markets...

My #89 course certificate from Coursera
Federal Taxation I: Individuals, Employees, and Sole ProprietorsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I believe taxation is the negotiation...

Itemized Deductions and Retirement Plans
Recall that the itemized deductions are also called “from AGI” deductions or below the line deductions. They are...

Business Deductions
Employees vs Self-Employed What differentiates an employee from a self-employed individual (also known as independent contractor)? Employee If...

Tax Deductions for Business, Hobby & Rental
Deductions are essentially the tax word for expense that can reduce the tax base. Deductions are disallowed unless a...

Gross Income for Individuals
Gross Income Gross income is all income from whatever source defined, it includes income realized in any form...

My #75 course certificate from Coursera
Introduction to Corporate FinanceUniversity of Pennsylvania Corporate finance is complex. If there is a Big Bang Theory for...