Strategic Business Tax Planning, Second Edition is the definitive handbook on business tax planning, skipping the unnecessary and minute taxation details and focusing instead on the big picture in taxes. Organized around business processes, this reader-friendly guide shows you how to optimally put tax management principles to work in your business.

John E. Karayan, JD, PhD, is a tax lawyer with a Big Four CPA firm background. He served as Director of Taxes for a Fortune 1000 software company. Karayan continues to work as an expert witness in complex litigation and a consultant to entrepreneurs. He served over 15 years on the Board of Delta Scientific, the world's foremost manufacturer of anti-terrorist vehicle access barricades.

Charles W. Swenson, CPA, PhD, is Professor of Taxation and Leventhal Research Fellow in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, teaching strategic tax planning to MBA students. Professional experience includes service at PricewaterhouseCoopers; he often is consulted by Fortune 500 companies. Well-versed in computer programming, Swenson is a cofounder and serves on the Board of Advisors of the National Tax Credit Group (NTCG). The NTCG is the leading U.S. consulting and software firm for location-based credits and incentives. He also has been a Visiting Professor at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California at Los Angeles. Winner of a record three American Taxation Association Outstanding Tax Manuscript Awards, he has published over 50 articles in top tier journals.

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John Karayan is available to the media - broadcast and print - as a tax authority.