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Fundamentals of Taxation 2008

Ana Cruz, Miami Dade College
Michael Deschamps, Chaffey College
Frederick D. Niswander, East Carolina University
Debra Prendergast, Northwestern Business College
Dan Schisler, East Carolina University
Jinhee Trone, Santa Ana College

ISBN: 0073379344
Copyright year: 2008

About the Authors

Ana Cruz is a Professor in the Business Studies program at Miami Dade College, where she utilizes her vast experience in the areas of general business, management, accounting, and taxes. She has worked in the service, retailing, and manufacturing industries, as well as in the federal government sector, where she performed the function of a field examiner for the Internal Revenue Service. Dr. Cruz has published several articles in business journals and has been the recipient of the Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation Endowed Teaching Chair (1998) and the Wolfson Senior Foundation Endowed Teaching Chair (2002). Her latest recognition was to be named Professor of the Year for the State of Florida by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation (2005).

Michael P. Deschamps received a BS in Accounting from the University of San Diego, where he graduated magna cum laude and served as the chapter president for Beta Alpha Psi, the international accounting honor society. After working in public accounting and attaining his CPA license, he returned to school at San Diego State University where he completed a Masters Degree in Taxation and earned a certificate in Financial Planning. In addition, he earned his Enrolled Agent certificate in 2004. Mike is currently a tenured professor of accounting and financial services at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California; he has also taught CPA exam review for a number of years. He is an active member of Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges (TACTYC) and was a presenter at the 2006 and 2007 national conventions. He has published articles in both local and national publications and has given presentations on tax issues before a variety of organizations.

Frederick (Rick) Niswander is the Dean of the College of Business and the W. Howard Rooks Distinguished Professor at East Carolina University. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and a BSBA from Idaho State University, both in Accounting. He has taught introductory financial accounting, international accounting, intermediate accounting, and a graduate accounting course that encompasses taxation, financial and governmental accounting. Prior to obtaining his doctorate and joining the ECU faculty in 1993, he was the Chief Financial Officer of a privately-held real estate company in Phoenix, Arizona for eight years. Rick has been a CPA in North Carolina since 1994 and Arizona since 1981. He is a member of the North Carolina Association of CPAs, the AICPA, and the American Accounting Association. He is also the chairman of the NCACPA, an 11,000-member statewide CPA organization.

Debra Prendergast has a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has an MBA from Governors State University and a BA in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Saint Xavier University in Chicago. She is a licensed and practicing Certified Public Accountant in Illinois and a Certified Management Accountant. Debra began her professional accounting career as a management advisory services consultant with Grant Thornton before taking a position as the controller for a corporation in Chicago. She wanted to spend more time with her family, and in 1988 left her controller position and began teaching accounting at Northwestern Business College, a private 2-year college. In 2000, Debra became the Program Coordinator in the School of Commerce at Northwestern Business College. Debra is on the executive board of TACTYC (Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges) and is on the executive board of a non-profit corporation in Chicago.

Dan Schisler is currently the Chair of the Accounting Department at East Carolina University. He holds a Ph.D. from Memphis State University, a Masters of Accounting, Tax Concentration, from Auburn University, and a B.S. in Accounting from Southeastern Louisiana University. In addition to public accounting experience with Peat Marwick Main & Co, Dr. Schisler has published numerous articles in national academic and practitioner journals such as Journal of the American Taxation Association, Advances in Taxation, and Accounting Horizons (among others). Dr. Schisler teaches tax and accounting at the graduate and undergraduate level at East Carolina where he has been recognized for teaching excellence by his receipt of numerous teaching awards at the department, school, and university level. Dr. Schisler holds CPA certificates in North Carolina and Louisiana.

Jinhee Trone is the Chair of Business Administration department and an Associate Professor of Accounting at Santa Ana College. She received a B.S. in business administration from California State University of Los Angeles and a licensed CPA in California. She has taught various tax and financial and managerial accounting courses at Santa Ana College. Prior to academics, she was an audit manager for the Los Angeles office of Ernst & Young, LLP and a financial and management consultant.

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