Spring 2027

Fundamentals of Taxation

Fundamentals of Taxation applies federal tax provisions and administrative rules common to most taxpayers, introducing rules specific to corporations, pass-through entities, and individuals.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Lindsay Acker4.2/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.28 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=52 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.27 GPA, 62.0% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.22 GPA, 50.8% A/AB (n=61 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the most relevant types of taxes applicable at the federal level and how each is calculated.

  • Explain the key concepts in the federal income tax laws in the US United Staes for individuals.

  • Identify how tax principles are applicable to various business activities and transactions and the differences that apply to individuals and businesses.

  • Identify and evaluate planning opportunities from a variety of tax areas to which a professional is exposed in the early years of a career.

  • Apply a framework for integrating income tax planning into accounting and business decisions.

  • Recognize that developing effective tax planning strategies for clients requires effective research skills.

  • Apply primary sources of tax authority to evaluate the impact of tax law on a client situation and effectively communicate that analysis to the client.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ACCT I S 301 or concurrent enrollment or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

ACCTIS 620 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Lindsay Acker

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 12 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.28 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=52 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.27 GPA, 62.0% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.22 GPA, 50.8% A/AB (n=61 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LINDSAY ACKER is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 400

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.28 GPA, 46.2% A/AB (n=52 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.27 GPA, 62.0% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.22 GPA, 50.8% A/AB (n=61 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Federal tax provisions and administrative rules
  • Rules specific to corporations, pass-through entities, and individuals
  • Key concepts in federal income tax laws for individuals
  • Tax principles applicable to business activities and transactions

Skills

  • Identify and evaluate tax planning opportunities
  • Integrate income tax planning into accounting and business decisions
  • Develop effective tax planning strategies using research skills
  • Apply primary sources of tax authority to evaluate client situations

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

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1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

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ACCTIS 620 · Spring 2027

Fundamentals of Taxation

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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