History of taxation and the legislative process -- Gift and estate taxes plus property concepts -- Survey of the system -- Components of individual returns -- Elements of other returns -- Gross income -- Exclusions from gross income -- Deductions in general -- Depreciation -- Investment credit, amortization and depletion -- Losses and bad debts -- Other deductions allowed whether business or personal -- Sales and other dispositions of property -- Capital gains and losses, section 1231, and recapture -- Accounting periods -- Cash method of accounting -- Accrual method of accounting -- Ohter accounting methods, changes, and claim of right -- Deferred compensation -- Partnerships -- Corporations -- Trusts and estates

1. Income tax -- Law and legislation -- United States