The U.S. Master Tax Guide (MTG) provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 96th Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2015 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax.The 2016 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them understand, apply and comply with today's complex federal tax laws. For added value, the U.S. Master Tax Guide is also annotated to CCH's Federal Standard Tax Reporter for more advanced, detailed, historical and in-depth research resources.The U.S. Master Tax Guide is built for speed with numerous time-saving features, including a tax calendar, taxpayer-specific return flowcharts, lists of average itemized deductions, selected depreciation tables, rate tables, checklists of income, deduction and medical expense items, and more. These features help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated and provides quick and clear answers to client questions.MTG comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2015 income tax returns,