Income Taxation
The Burnham System
HS 321
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The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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Income Taxation Study Guide

The Burnham System is the gold standard for HS 321 study guide materials. Using our guide you will learn everything needed to pass the HS 321 Exam in the shortest time possible. Simply, you will learn more faster.


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  • HS 321 Audio Study Guide Narrations, in MP3 file format, expertly narrated by Lisa Tobey
  • Definitions of each assignment's key words and other new terms
  • A sample diagnostic exam with answers and answer explanations


Study guide last updated: June 30, 2021


Current Text Edition: 14th


Ray's estimate of course difficulty (1, easiest and 10, hardest): 8


Number of study guide pages: 73


Covered within this study guide:

  • Sources of Tax Law and New Legislation
  • Income Tax Law, Concepts, and Liability
  • Specific Items of Gross Income and Items Excluded from Gross Income
  • Business Deductions and Income Production Expenses
  • Losses and Bad Debts
  • Itemized Deductions for Individuals
  • Income Tax Credits
  • Cost Recovery Deductions
  • Passive Activity Losses
  • Sales and Exchanges: Income Realization and Recognition
  • Capital Gains and Losses
  • The Alternative Minimum Tax
  • Taxation of Life Insurance
  • Modified Endowment Contracts
  • Taxation of Corporations, Corporate Distributions, and Partners and Partnerships

As a good study guideline, figure anything in those 73 pages might be on your exam and that there will be nothing on your exam that is not covered in those 73 pages.


The Burnham System is written and promptly revised by

Ray Burnham, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AIC, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, ALCM, AAI, AAI-M, APA, ARP, AIAF, AMIM, AAM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, PRC, REBC, RHU, ASF, LIA, CASL, ChFC, and PRC;

Jean O’Reilly, PhD, CPCU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, AIC, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M. ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, AIAF, and PRC; and

Lisa Tobey, JD, CPCU, CLU, ARM, AINS, AIS, API, SPPA, AIM, AIC-M, ARM-E, AU, AU-M, AAI, AAI-M, APA, AIAF, AMIM, AIT, ARe, AFSB, ASLI, AIDA, ARC, ARM-P, ACS, PRC, RWCS, RHU, REBC, CASL, AIC, EA, ChFC, and PRC.

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