Fundamentals of Partnership Taxation Cases and Materials ... (ISBN 1587788322)

as good as it could be:
It is just what you expect from a tax course case book. It gives you a clear black letter law, provides useful examples, and does not have too many cases (which are mostly outdated - though demonstrate some basic principles). If you had one of the books by these authors - you know what to expect: approach is the same. In addition, you may want to get Logic of Subchapter K to help to digest some of the hardest technical stuff, and Black Letter: Corp. & Partn. Taxation (same authors) for a good outline. And yes, some accounting basics would be very helpful.

Quintessential Partnership Taxation Textbook:
This is the industry standard textbook, both for law school courses in partnership taxation and for MST (Masters of Taxation) courses of the same title. This text is concise and readable and does an excellent job of explaining the concepts involved in the taxation of partnerships and other flow-thru entities.

Easy to read, great problems:
This textbook is readable and has both simple and complex problems - something I don't see often in legal texts.