The Complete Analysis covers the many tax breaks for businesses and individuals as well as energy incentives and important bond changes included in the 2009 Recovery Act.

The Analysis provides in-depth coverage of:

• Tax breaks for business. These include extended bonus depreciation and increased expensing for 2009, longer NOL carrybacks for some and deferral on debt discharge income from re-acquisitions of debt.
• Tax breaks for individuals. These include a refundable tax credit of up to $400 per worker ($800 per couple filing jointly), phasing out completely at $190,000 for couples filing jointly and $95,000 for single filers, eased child tax credit and earned income tax credit rules, a beefed-up tax credit for higher education, an enhanced credit for first-time home purchases with the removal of the repayment requirement.
• AMT relief. The 2009 Recovery Act boosts AMT exemption amounts for individuals for 2009.
• Energy incentives. These include a three-year extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for electricity derived from wind (through 2012) and for electricity derived from biomass, geothermal, hydropower, landfill gas, waste-to-energy, and marine facilities (through 2013), extension through 2010 and expansion of tax credits for home energy efficiency.
• Coverage of The 2009 Children's Health Insurance Act. This act provides that group health plans must permit special enrollment arrangements for employees related to eligibility under either Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, and increases the corporate estimated tax payments for July, August, and September 2013 by 0.5 percent, to 120 percent of the payment otherwise due, and reduces the next payment accordingly.

The Complete Analysis also provides practical guidance, planning strategies and tips on how to avoid pitfalls created by the new law. It also includes the Code and ERISA sections as amended, along with the applicable Committee Reports, finding tables, and a comprehensive index for easy navigation.

Other helpful tools include:

1. Illustrations and observations providing practical insight into the effects of the change
2. Recommendations explaining how to take advantage of opportunities presented by the law change
3. Cautions explaining how to avoid pitfalls created by the law change