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Taxation is the number one textbook on taxation in the UK. Now in its 15th annual edition, this excellent text has established itself as a reliable and comprehensive guide for students taking a first level course in the subject. This fifteenth edition brings the book completely up-to-date in accordance with the provisions of the Finance Act 2009.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #27488 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-10
• Binding: Paperback
• 640 pages

From the Back Cover

Taxation: Finance Act 2009
Alan Melville

15th Annual Edition
Class Tested
Over 250 Worked Examples
Over 250 Exercises and Questions
On ACCA, CIPFA, AIA and IFA Reading Lists

'Taxation is an excellent text. Comprehensive in its coverage and set at just the right level – no competition comes close!'

'Melville is always particularly well updated, with changed material fully integrated into the text, unlike some books that seem to bolt on new sections at random.'

Richard Teather, University of Bournemouth

'I think this is a superb text ... I can say without reservation this is a comprehensive and user friendly text.'

Siobhan Goggin, University of Lincoln

Taxation is the number one textbook on taxation in the UK. Now in its 15th annual edition, this excellent text has established itself as a reliable and comprehensive guide for students taking a first level course in the subject. This fifteenth edition brings the book completely up-to-date in accordance with the provisions of the Finance Act 2009.

Key features:

• Explanations are clear and supported by numerous worked examples.
• Each chapter ends with exercises that thoroughly test the reader's understanding of the topics introduced in the chapter.
• Contains four sets of review questions, one at the end of each part, drawn from past examination papers of the professional accounting bodies.
• Solutions to most of the exercises and review questions are included in the final part of the book. Remaining solutions are provided in an Instructor's Manual.

New topics covered in this edition include:

• Additional rate of income tax from 2010-11.

• Income-related restriction in the personal allowance from 2010-11.

• Repeal of the furnished holiday accommodation rules.

• Increases in the ISAs limits.

• Forthcoming changes to company car tax.

• Modernisation of tax relief for business expenditure on cars.

• Introduction of temporary first year allowances on plant and machinery.

• Extended carry-back of trading losses.

• The Corporation Tax Act 2009.

• Changes to the taxation of foreign profits.

• Changes to the VAT flat-rate scheme.

• New time limits for tax claims.

This book will be of value to both undergraduate and professional students of business and accounting, and will be particularly useful for students preparing for the following examinations:

ICAEW Professional Stage, Principles of Taxation; Taxation; ACCA Fundamentals Level, Taxation; ACCA Technician Scheme, Preparing Taxation Computations; CIPFA Diploma Stage, Taxation; AAT Technician Stage, Preparing Personal and Business Tax Computations; ATT Certificates, Personal Taxation; Business Taxation and Accounting Principles; AIA Foundation Level, Auditing and Taxation; IFA Technician Level, Personal and Business Taxation.

Alan Melville FCA BSc Cert. Ed. is a Senior Lecturer with many years' experience of teaching taxation.

About the Author
Alan Melville FCA BSc Cert. Ed. is a Senior Lecturer with many years' experience of teaching taxation.

Customer Reviews

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