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Jack J Barcal

  • Associate Professor of Accounting

Jack Barcal is an expert in taxation, estate planning, probate, trusts, estates and wills, and tax law. He has published in The Journal of Taxation and Estate Planning among other journals. Professor Barcal is a past recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award at the Leventhal School of Accounting. He has served as chairman of Death & Gift Tax Section and the Inheritance Tax Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and has consulted for a variety of entities, families and individuals, including acting as special tax, estate & trust counsel for a trustee of a multi-billion dollar trust/estate.

Jack J Barcal
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Departments

Leventhal School of Accounting

RESEARCH + PUBLICATIONS

COURSES

Spring 2024
  • ACCT-584
    Family Wealth Preservation
    Analysis of transfer of property during lifetime or at death from a tax saving perspective.
Fall 2023
  • ACCT-554T
    Research, Theory and Ethics in Taxation
    Basic theories of tax law, application of research tools, interpretation of statutes, cases and rulings, within the context of the professional responsibilities of tax practice. Duplicates credit in ACCT 550T and ACCT 560T.
  • ACCT-560T
    Tax Theory and Ethics
    Taxation and its relationship to business and investment decisions; the effects of taxation on business organization, capital structure, policies, operation, and expansion. Duplicates credit in ACCT 554T.