Examples of topics might include: what is the single identifiable property when calculating the casualty loss deduction, what criteria drives the determination whether the deduction is for travel or for transportation, what is the tax home, how do you calculate the medical expense deductions when dealing with capital improvements or additional costs required because of the improvement, what is the taxpayer’s responsibility when making a charitable contribution in determining the “related use” requirement, how do you calculated reasonable compensation, how is reasonable compensate determined based upon the area of the country you are in, if you do not transfer a liability to a corporation in a 351 transfer to avoid the gain requirement under 357(c) and you maintain the debt – can you write off the interest you pay on the liability, what is the net present value of the taking of depreciation now against a corporate tax rate of 15% or waiting to take it in coming years at the current proposed corporate rate of 28%, what requirements must be met to deducting business investigation expenses as oppose to simply being on vacation, what are the requirements to meet the material participation hours, etc. Almost every chapter has a comment, especially in the tax planning section, that states something to the effect that the discussion is beyond the scope of this text and would make a good focused paper topic. Additionally, if you have a specific interest, say your family operates a family farm and a paper in this area would be of personal interest to you – that is a good topic.As far as a grading model, here are some items for consideration. Misspelled words are definitely bad. The improper form of the word – there is know reason for this type of error.