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ACIS-4344: Tax for Financial Planners

Description: Overviews income tax concepts relevant to financial planning for individuals who are investors, employees, and business owners. Topics include income tax fundamentals for individuals, taxation of the sale of property, taxation of business entities, taxation of trusts, and overview of the federal transfer tax on estates and gifts. Duplicates some material in ACIS 4314. Course credit will not be awarded for both ACIS 4314 and ACIS 4344.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: FIN-3104

Required By: FIN-4134, FIN-4104

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 2.93 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 12.22%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.71%

Donald R Compton202420.5%55.1%19.8%0.6%1.5%2.6%2.9618
Frank F Galer202441.6%49.9%8.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271
Debra A Salbador201910.6%23.7%36.8%13.2%7.9%7.9%2.131

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W