FINANCIAL PRODUCTS: TAXATION, REGULATION AND DESIGN, 2024

Now in its fourth edition, this two-volume bound book provides a road map to work one's way through the tax and regulatory maze of financial products. It details the policies, rules, and interpretations that govern the federal regulation and taxation of securities, crypto currencies, commodities, options, derivatives, and hybrid products. It provides reliable answers to questions about financial markets, financial products, and market participants, and it will help with planning transactions and defending challenged tax positions. Part One: Overview of the Markets Part Two: Major Market Users Part Three: Tax Classifications of Financial Market Participants Part Four: Taxation of Capital Transactions Part Five: Ordinary Income Transactions Part Six: Anti-Abuse Considerations Part Seven: Terminations of Contract Rights and Obligations Part Eight: Dividends, Interest, Security Loans, and Repurchase Transactions Part Nine: Equity Securities, Options, Partnerships, and Publicly Traded Trust Interests Part Ten: Debt Securities and Options on Debt Securities Part Eleven: Asset-Backed Securities Part Twelve: Commodities, Options on Commodities, and Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies Part Thirteen: Section 1256 Contracts Part Fourteen: Straddles Part Fifteen: Foreign Currency and International Operations Part Sixteen: Notional Principal Contracts