LAW7479 (Basic Income Taxation) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Covers the fundamental concepts and operations in income taxation. Raises tax issues in the context of typical lawyer-client situations: the employment contract (fringe benefits, employee business expenses), buying and selling a house and other property, personal injury expenses and recoveries, and running a small business. Emphasizes understanding the economic policy objectives and unintended results of specific tax provisions, such as capital gains taxation. Focuses on the statute, cases, and administrative law that define the income tax base. Examines tax rates and tax unit issues for individual wage earners, married couples, children living in the home, pensioners, and small businesses organized as sole proprietorships.
Data updated October 2026.