Taxes and Business Strategy

Calendar

LEC #	Topics	Assignments
1	Introduction, Overview of the Course and the Role of Taxes in Business
2	A Framework For Tax Planning
3	A Framework For Tax Planning
4	Implicit Taxes and Clienteles	Turn in Problem Set 1
5	Organizational Form
6	Arbitrage and Limits to Tax Planning
7	Non-Tax Costs	Turn in Problem Set 2
8	Marginal Tax Rates
9	Compensation
10	Compensation
11	Corporate Formation	Turn in Problem Set 3
12	Corporate Formation
13	Capital Structure
14	International
15	International	Turn in Problem Set 4
16	International	Turn in: Eli Lilly (CP)
17	International
18	Taxable Acquisitions
19	Taxable Acquisitions
20	Taxable Acquisitions
21	Tax-Free Acquisitions
22	Tax-Free Acquisitions
23	Guest Speaker	Turn in Problem Set 5
24	Divestitures
25	Divestitures
26	Miscellaneous Topics and Wrap-up