Tax research

CCH has expanded its research resources with the CCH Expert Treatise Library, with the initial treatise covering the taxation of compensation and benefits.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has issued a comprehensive analysis of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 on its Checkpoint research service.

CCH has upgraded its IntelliConnect online tax and accounting research service with improvements in its user interface, search features and research tools.

Proprietary tax research platforms continue to grow despite the availability of free searches and materials over the Internet, with all the major publishers of Internet-based research reporting growth.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters is launching its first-ever series of federal tax eBooks, the first of which will be released on Friday.

CCH has introduced CCH Mobile, a mobile application that extends CCH’s IntelliConnect tax research service to the RIM BlackBerry and Apple iPhone, at its user conference in Orlando on Monday.

CCH has begun publishing some of its most popular accounting and tax books as eBooks, allowing readers to be able to store them on desktop and laptop computers, as well as Apple iPads and iPhones.

States and localities continued to raise their sales tax rates last quarter in order to generate more revenue to close their budget deficits, according to a new report.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released new Competency Model software for its Checkpoint Learning system that provides self-assessment tools to measure proficiency in the subjects studied by users, along with roadmaps for career development.

BNA has introduced an online tax research library with information on the latest state sales and use tax information.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters recently added several titles to Checkpoint, its research service with more than half a million users.

The real estate developer who is trying to set up a controversial Islamic cultural center two blocks away from Ground Zero reportedly owes New York City over $224,270 in back property taxes for the location.

CCH has expanded its Tax Prep Partner Series with four new compliance guidance titles.

BNA Tax & Accounting has introduced its first application for the RIM BlackBerry, an electronic version of its Quick Tax Reference guide.

Railing at Accounting Today for engaging in "politics" in an editorial critical of some tax and economic policies of the Obama administration (June 7-20, 2010, page 9), Harry Bose engages in some politics of his own in attempting to make his case. His response is more amusing than informative.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters plans to introduce iPhone and iPad apps that will provide a front-end to the company’s Checkpoint Learning software.

IntelliConnect, the tax research system from CCH, has added many new features that enable researchers get to their answers faster and more effectively.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has integrated the latest tax holidays into its Sabrix sales and use tax solutions.

A new report finds that the majority of financial institutions and companies that received funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program have resolved the unpaid federal taxes they had owed.

The State of California, struggling with a $19 billion budget deficit, is considering legalizing and taxing marijuana in a referendum on the November ballot.