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Sawyers/Gill's FEDERAL TAX RESEARCH, 13e, provides a thorough study of today's tax practices and ethics using primary and secondary sources of tax law and current IRS practices and procedures. A step-by-step focus on hands-on tax research practices emphasizes today's most popular online tax research tools, including Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, CCH AnswerConnect and Bloomberg Tax. A Research Case Matrix will be used to easily integrate new cases for thoughtful challenges. The new edition addresses ethical challenges in taxation and legislative changes enacted through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, and how Congress enacts technical changes. This edition focuses on key research skills, problem-solving and communication skills for today’s workplace as students learn the most important elements of today’s federal tax law.