Treatise Spotlight: Electronic Commerce: Taxation and Planning

Title:  Electronic Commerce:  Taxation and Planning
Author(s):  David Hardesty
Last Update:  2013 Supplement (March 2013)

The only tax planning resource that addresses the rapidly changing world of Internet commerce.  The first and only authoritative treatise on electronic commerce taxation and planning, this invaluable resource addresses the special strategies and solutions needed by electronic commerce enterprises.

Details:

With Electronic Commerce: Taxation and Planning you'll be able to identify and resolve the federal, international, and state tax and planning issues unique to electronic commerce transactions.

This comprehensive treatise is packed with numerous case studies and examples illustrating the application of both new and traditional tax principles to this uncharted business area. David Hardesty provides expert guidance to assist practitioners and electronic commerce enterprises in making informed planning decisions. The treatise also features an easy to use state-by-state guide on the tax treatment of electronic commerce.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Overview
• Chapter 2: Electronic Commerce Fundamentals
• Chapter 3: Web Sites
• Chapter 4: Privacy and Security
• Chapter 5: [Reserved]
• Chapter 6: Tax Compliance
• Chapter 7: Web Site Development Costs
• Chapter 8: Acquisitions and Dispositions of a Web-Based Business
• Chapter 9: Web Site Valuation
• Chapter 10: Introduction to International Taxation of E-Commerce
• Chapter 11: Outbound Transactions
• Chapter 11a: Value Added Tax and E-Commerce
• Chapter 11b: Character and Source of Income From Electronic Commerce
• Chapter 12: Inbound Transactions
• Chapter 13: Foreign Corporations Owned by U.S. Persons
• Chapter 13a: Transfer Pricing and Electronic Commerce
• Chapter 14: Sales and Use Tax
• Chapter 14a: Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
• Chapter 15: Multistate Income Tax
• Chapter 16: Digital Products
• Chapter 17: State Tax Summaries
• Chapter 18: Revenues and E-Commerce
• Chapter 19: E-Commerce Tax Policy
• Appendix A. E-Commerce Tax News Archives

Description from publisher's website.

May Self-Help Clinic at the Supreme Court Library

Nevada Legal Services will hold its monthly Self-Help Forms Completion clinic for people who are filing without legal representation.  The clinic will be at the Supreme Court Library on Thursday, May 9, from 1:30-3 p.m. Assistance and legal education will be provided to complete forms and a Notary Public will be available to notarize your documents at no cost. 

The previously-scheduled education clinic has been cancelled.

If you are interested in clinics and educational classes in other parts of the state, check out NLS' News/Events page, as well as the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada's calendar.

Treatise Spotlight: Contract Enforcement

Title: Contract Enforcement

Author: Edward Yorio and Steve Thel

Edition: 2nd
Last update: 2013 Supplement

Description: Contract Enforcement, Second Edition covers every aspect of the availability and inherent limitations of equitable remedies in such contract areas as:

• Real estate
• Sale of goods
• Intangible personality
• Construction contracts
• Covenants not to compete
• Wills and other property agreements
• Employment agreements
• Franchise agreements
• International trade

You will find in-depth analysis of the policies that underlie contract remedies, as well as clear explanations of the practical consequences of those policies in contract litigation. The effect on availability of equitable relief of such factors as:

• Right to a jury trial
• Legal limits on contract damages
• Disgorgement of profits
• And agreed remedies are also examined

Throughout the book, you'll find concise analysis of all significant specific performance cases, legislation, and commentary.

Description from publisher's website.

Treatise Spotlight: The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decision Making

Title: The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decision Making
Author: Alan Meisel
Publisher: Aspen
Edition: 3rd Ed.
Last Update: 2013 Release

Description: The Right to Die, Third Edition analyzes the statutory and case law surrounding the profound issues of end-of-life decisionmaking. Whether the situation calls for long-term planning or quick, unexpected decisionmaking, this cogent, one source treatise guides you through all the available channels for helping your clients reach the ultimate resolution.

This comprehensive edition guides general practitioners, elder law, health law, and health care professionals through complex issues pertaining to passive and active hastening of death and such subsequent statutes as The Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Also covered in the Third Edition are such issues as:

• Civil and Criminal liability for such efforts
• Do-not-resuscitate orders
• Advance directives
• Health care powers of attorney
• Palliative medical care
• Decision making for children and newborns
• Surrogate decisionmaking statutes
• Resolution in a clinical versus a court setting
• And much more

Description from publisher's website.

Treatise Spotlight: Debt Collection Practice in California, 2nd edition

Title:  Debt Collection Practice in California, 2nd edition
Publisher: CEB
Last update: December 2012

Description:  Debt Collection Practice in California:  Understand successful creditor remedies and effective debtor defenses—both essential tools in a difficult economy. For creditors, learn to obtain powerful judgments—and how to collect on them. For debtors, discover defense strategies and responses to a judgment.

• Bringing creditor actions, discovery, prejudgment remedies, obtaining a judgment
• Writ enforcement, finding debtor assets, wage garnishment
• Debtor defense before and after entry of judgment
• Complying with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts
• Enforcing family law judgments
• Indispensable court pleading forms and mandatory Judicial Council forms
• Bankruptcy issues for both creditors and debtors
• Handling a deceased debtor’s debts

(description from publisher’s website)

 

Serving Seniors - Free Legal Assistance Clinic for Senior Citizens

Nevada Legal Services and the State Bar of Nevada's Young Lawyers' Section will be holding free legal assistance clinics for senior citizens on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the times and locations below.  For more information, call Nevada Legal Services, at 775-284-3491 x214.

Carson City: 
The BRIC
108 E. Proctor
775-284-3491
1 to 3 p.m.

Elko:
Nevada Legal Services
380 Court Street, #D
1 to 4 p.m.

Fernley:
City of Fernley Offices
595 Silver Lace Blvd.
8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Gardnerville:
Douglas County Senior Center
2300 Meadow Lane
9 to 11 a.m.

Virginia City:
Storey Senior Citizen's Center
100 E. Mill Street
12 noon to 2 p.m.

Winnemucca:
Humboldt County Library
85 East Fifth Street
1 to 3 p.m.

April Self-Help Clinics at the Nevada Supreme Court Library

4/9 ETA:  Good news - this previously-cancelled clinic will be held at the Supreme Court Law Library on 4/11 after all.

Nevada Legal Services will be holding two clinics at the Supreme Court Library on Thursday, April 11. The monthly Self-Help Forms Completion Clinic will run from 1:30-3 p.m. and the Education Clinic (Bankruptcy Education) will be held from 3:30-5 p.m. While the forms completion clinics are drop in, you must register for the education classes by calling 775-284-3491 x214.

The schedule of educational clinics for the rest of the year is as follows:

May 9, 2013 - Family Law Education - Adoption
June 13, 2013 - Guardianship Education
July 11, 2013 - How to File a Small Claim Case
August 8, 2013 - Bankruptcy Education
September 12, 2013 - Landlord/Tenant Education
October 10, 2013 - Family Law Education - Changing/Modifying Custody
November 14, 2013 - Sealing Criminal Records
December 12, 2013 - no education clinic will be held in December

NLS will hold forms completion and educational clinics on Thursday, April 25 at the Carson City Library. For information, contact the Carson City Library.