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Integrated TaxMap

Reviewed:

Apr 9, 2025 by Business
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 4.8 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 4.5 stars
Overview:

This material is an open-access textbook to prepare students for the CPA exam. This tax map contains specific information for the taxation elective of the CPA exam. It is organized by tax structures and methods, and then covers each type of tax needed for the tax elective section of the CPA exam.

Type of Material:

Open (Access) Textbook

Recommended Uses:

  • Homework
  • Individual
  • Team
Technical Requirements:

Firefox, Chrome,Adobe PDF software

Identify Major Learning Goals:

  • Prepare for the CPA exam
  • Examine tax structures for compliance and tax planning
  • Review tax structure principles
  • Learn about tax structure updates
Target Student Population:

  • Upper-level accounting classes
  • Graduate accounting classes
  • Professionals.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

Financial Accounting, Tax Accounting, Corporate Finance, Intermediate Accounting

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The material is clear and concise and provides a complete demonstration of the tax concepts and principles needed to prepare for the CPA Exam.
  • It demonstrated tax concepts grounded in the accounting discipline and is supported by relevant research.
  • As an open-access text, it is self-contained and provides accurate information.
  • It includes an adequate amount of information.

 

Concerns:

  • The most recent year noted is 2018.
  • As a PDF, its usability is limited.
  • Missing a Summary Table of mnemonics.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The learning objectives are clearly identified
  • Concepts are reinforced progressively.
  • It demonstrates relationships among concepts and could be integrated into curriculum assignments.
  • Students could learn a lot in a short time.
  • This material could be used to measure student learning outcomes.
  • Students are able to cover material in a modular format.
  • Students can critically think about the underlying formulas and rationale for the individual and business income tax concepts.
Concerns:

None

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The author’s textbook is professionally done.
  • This open textbook is easy to use and has clear instructions.
  • The usability of this learning material is very high.
Concerns:

  • As presented in PDF format, the material is not very engaging and is not interactive.
  • It is of good design quality but lacks accessibility.
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