I never received the book. Just a refund b/c it was out of stock. About 1 1/2 weeks after I purchased the book, I received an email from the seller stating that the book is out of stock and he will refund me. I had to drop my class b/c of this and I will never order a school textbook on Amazon again.
Wrong textbook for school. The book in and of itself is great. It is not the correct book for school. It does not come with turbo tax and RIA checkpoint cd's. You will need each of these student versions too complete your assignments. Thompson publishing offers the full version for about the same amount of money.
Good condition por the price but.... The delivery of the book was fast, the book was in perfect conditions, BUT it did not include the CD (turbo tax softare) so just pay attention when ordering a book to make sure it comes with all the necessary.
But overall it was a good purchase.
Confused I have to purchase this book for class and am a bit reluctant after reading the reviews. It seems as though the last reviewer knows or works for Hoffman. I am paying over $150 for a book and I therefore want up-to-date, well organized and well written information.
Great Book! This is an excellent book to learn taxation from. I used West taxation books before going on to a career at a big 4 accounting firm! As far as the previous reviewer, who is obsessed with out of date charts and tax forms....she/he doesn't really understand taxation. Tax codes change year in and out. When these books are published they go with the latest possible information. Besides, if your goal is simply to learn the basics of preparing taxes, why is it so necessary to have all the current years tax code info? Especially when the tax code doesn't "usually" change a whole lot from year to year. Anyways, I have checked out other tax textbooks, and this is the one I'd recommend (being someone with SOME experience in this field)