Spring 2026

5459 Federal Income Tax - BUCKLES- 12391

Professor(s): Johnny Buckles (FACULTY)

Credits: 4

Course Areas: Taxation

Time: 4:00p-6:00p TTH Location: 102A

Course Outline: This course is designed (i) to introduce students to the basic doctrines of federal income tax law in the context of federal tax policy; (ii) to familiarize students with significant provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and United States Treasury regulations that govern personal income taxation, as well as judicial and administrative decisions interpreting the same; and (iii) to help students develop critical problem solving skills in federal income tax law.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus

Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.

Prerequisites:

First Day Assignments: For week one, please read pages 1-24 (for Tuesday) and 24-49 (for Thursday) of the required textbook: Michael J. Graetz & Anne L. Alstott. Federal Income Taxation: Principles and Policies (9th ed. 2022)

Final Exam Schedule: 5/9/2026 9:00:00 AM 211

This course will have:
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No

Experiential Course Type: No

Bar Course: No

DistanceEd ABA: No

Pass-Fail Student Election: Available

Course Materials

Book(s) Required

Course Materials: Michael J. Graetz & Anne L. Alstott. FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION: PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES (9th ed. 2022) (ISBN: 9781647089689). Daniel J. Lathrope. SELECTED FEDERAL TAXATION STATUTES AND REGULATIONS (most recent ed.) (ISBN: 9798892092562)