Practice Resources
Find exactly what you need in one place using the Business Practice Areas of Law Pages. Users with a Lexis ID and password can find transactional, as well as trial, resources through a specific business area or by jurisdiction. Business areas covered include, but are not limited to, antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, commercial law, and federal, state, and international taxes. Research analytical and primary law sources, including pending legislation, find people, property, and financial information, track recent business law news and developments, download legal draft forms and much more!
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Presented by the Internal Revenue Service, this site provides administrative information and resources including IRS names and numbers listed by state, new emerging issues in each filing season, news and views on regions throughout the U.S., online access to The Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) and the Chief Counsel Directives Manual (CCDM), containing the policies, procedures, and guidelines directing the operation and administration of the IRS, and information on tax payers’ rights and disputing audit results. Users can even join a mailing list to get immediate notification of any changes, news and events taking place within the IRS.
The Association is a voluntary organization of persons interested in accounting education and research. With a low annual subscription, users gain access to the newsletter, Accounting Education News, and subscriptions to print and electronic versions of many AAA quarterly journals. Journals include Journal of the American Taxation Association, Journal of Information Systems, Journal of Accounting Management Research and more.
The Association consists of volunteers interested in accounting education and research and aims to provide resources for those interested in improving the quality of professional practice through recruitment, education and research, as well as creating opportunities improve accounting instruction. The site provides abstracts to the Associations’ newsletters and three journals but subscription is required for full content of both.
With more than 20,000 members, this site provides users with a wide range of information on many of the Section’s publications, programs and activities including CLE tax programs, scholarly tax journals, quarterly newsletters, directories and guides of tax professionals and public outreach programs. Users can also find many cutting-edge tax-related papers written by Section members published on the site, as well as certain sections of the quarterly newsletter, which are accessible at no charge.
This is the site for professionals in the tax field such as attorneys, tax consultants, and accountants. The AICPA site lists employment opportunities nationwide, provides products and services of interest to the accounting community, offers educators programs and services for curriculum enhancement and contains online publications such as The Journal of Accountancy, The Tax Adviser, The CPA Letter and The Practicing CPA. Users can also read the latest tax-related press releases, locate state information, such as state CPA societies and Boards of Accountancy, find out about accreditation of specialized practice areas such as ABV and PFS, and much more!
ATR is a non-profit organization, working with approximately 800 state and county level groups, whose members oppose all tax increases as a matter of principle and believe that government’s power to tax should be minimized. A vast amount of information is published directly on the Web site including, but not limited to, exploring how taxes affect a family's ability to afford products or services, the Federal Election Commissions filings for political contributions to candidates, parties and political action committees, reviews of current and proposed policies and their impact on technology, tax alerts, policy briefs and press releases.
Bring IRS Revenue Rulings with the applicable federal rates (AFRs) since 1996 right to your desktop. AFRs are the base interest rates used for various purposes under the Internal Revenue Code, particularly the imputed interest and original issue discount rules.
BNA Tax Management provides tax practitioners access to useful and valuable resources addressing some of today’s most complex tax planning and compliance issues at the federal, state and international level. Subscription is required and features include the BNA Tax Management Library, which addresses U.S. income, estates, gifts and trusts, state, and foreign taxation, as well as a state tax library for in-depth analysis of state tax issues.
CTJ is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and advocacy organization that works to influence legislation in order to receive fair taxation at the federal, state, and local levels. CTJ conducts research and publishes their reports and articles on their site dealing with many issues from corporate tax avoidance to the state tax arena. Find articles written on topics including, but not limited to, capital gains, flat tax, IRS reform and corporate giveaways, that take on a different approach and speak directly and strongly about the unfairness of current tax trends.
Regardless of the sites aim towards educating the public in an effort to urge Congress to repeal or substantially modify the death tax, this site is useful whether you are for or against the tax! Resources include legislative updates, articles and statistics, and the Death Tax Newsletter, a bi-monthly publication produced by The Seattle Times, the maintainer and creator or this site.
Find out how to help your company identify and capitalize on business opportunities using solutions from professionals at Ernst & Young. Their online Tax Library includes tax periodicals, global tax reporters, and EY/Passport, a public site providing an overview of investing, taxation, forms of business organization, and business and accounting practices in more than 140 countries.
Published by Fairmark Press, this Guide is not only exhaustive of tax issues but is easy to use because it is broken down into specific tax areas, each with its own guide. Guides include, beginning investors, compensation in stock and options, Roth IRA, custodial accounts for minors, capital gains, mutual funds, estimated tax, and more. Additional resources include a form finder, tax news, a message board, and a tax reference area, where users can find current tax rates and other facts and figures.
The FTA, consisting of principal tax collection agencies of every state, provides this site as a public service. Users can find summaries of individual income tax provisions of every state, links to state tax agencies' home pages, state tax forms, general information on state tax structures, data on proposed federal tax changes, and more. FTA also publishes frequent bulletins on developments affecting state taxation, annual directories of state tax administration officials and other periodic research reports.
The Institute is a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School distributing legal information to the public free of charge. Find federal, state, and administrative resources including statutes and regulations, judicial decisions, and constitutions, influencing the field of estate and gift tax.
The Institute is a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School distributing legal information to the public free of charge. Find federal, state, and administrative resources including statutes and regulations, judicial decisions, and constitutions, influencing the field of income tax law.
The Institute is a non-profit activity of Cornell Law School distributing legal information to the public free of charge. Find federal, state, and administrative resources including statutes and regulations, judicial decisions, and constitutions, influencing the field of property tax law.
Adkisson Consulting L.L.C. has created this site to provide detailed information using technical analysis of issues relating to risk management and asset protection. Find resources including, but not limited to, professional ethics of asset protection planning, asset protection theories applied to practice, asset protection litigation, business entities, trusts, news updates and two free monthly newsletters searchable by topic.
This organization of state governments created by an interstate compact, works with taxpayers to administer tax laws that are uniform in nature. Resources include a periodic publication addressing recent news in the tax profession, an annual Journal on State Taxation of Multijurisdictional Commerce, a publication of Uniformity Recommendations to the States by the MTC representing proposals to devise administrable rules to assist multistate and multinational taxpayers in complying with State taxation of their activities, and many other taxpayer services.
Both taxpayers and tax practitioners will find this site useful. Taxpayers can find easy access to tax news and can sign up for free monthly eNewsletters offering useful tips on topics including, but not limited to, preparing tax returns, preparing your records to take to your Enrolled Agent (EA) and recording mutual fund investments. Practitioners can find events, educational tools, employment opportunities, and pertinent legislation in the tax law field. The site also features a directory of EA’s by jurisdiction to help you find an EA for your needs.
This is the site to come to for information on financial and estate planning. Explore different types of entities and read explanations of their benefits, strengths and weaknesses and learn how to protect valuable business assets from legal problems which the business may encounter. Also, users can gain information quickly and understandably on estate planning using NAFEP’s superb tutorials on general estate planning concerns, asset protection, capital gains tax deferral, charitable foundations, and special interests.
If you are a CPA, individual tax practitioner, enrolled agent, accountant, attorney, or financial planner, this Association is the one to join. Updated daily, the Association’s site provides resources including, but not limited to, downloadable state and federal tax forms, online tax courses and workshops on various topics, links to state tax departments, a Tax Research Center, and networking opportunities. Additional member benefits include access to preparer resources, out of state forms, the 1040 Report monthly newsletter, the Tax Practitioners Journal, and much more.
The NBER is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization composed of more than 600 university professors nationwide. Users can download NBER scientific papers for a small fee and the Bureau’s quarterly publication, The Reporter, for a low annual fee. Digest is a monthly publication summarizing at least four recent NBER research papers, and users can receive an email version of Digest free of charge. This page also provides links to other sites that may be of interest to economists.
Study and locate resources addressing complex issues in tax theory, practice and policy. The site offers links to federal tax resources, international taxation tools, and state tax information, including tax and accounting directories and organizations, and state tax rates. Members of the NTA receive the National Tax Journal, The NTA Forum, and have the option of participating in conferences and events.
NTU is a nonpartisan, public interest advocacy organization that funds and publishes research and educates the public with respect to fiscal and economic policy. The Foundation is the charitable, research, and educational affiliate of NTU. Access NTU and NTUF’s policy papers and issue briefs, which are searchable by topic and accessible online, search press releases by issue or date, and find out information about members of Congress, such as how much they spent to run for office and how they want to spend money while in office.
Edited by Gary Klott, the nations leading syndicated tax columnist and writer of a national weekly tax column, TaxPlanet.com makes tax and personal finance matters easy to understand while providing fabulous advice. Subscribe to TaxPlanet's free eNewsletter for important tax developments and tips, approaching tax deadlines and new features and updates to the site. Find federal and state tax forms, IRS tax publications and audit guides, IRS news releases, GAO reports, IRS online tax tools, and tax legislation being created or amended within the current Congress.
Retrieve free valuable and scholarly articles published in Tax Notes International magazine that are organized by scope, including the world, the U.S., and every state. This nonprofit organization additionally arranges articles by subject into a collection of Briefing Books and address key issues in tax policy and administration. Users can also find feature stories, tax quotes, job opportunities, and much more!
Come here if you are looking for online for tax and accounting information and services. This comprehensive index, maintained by Schmidt Enterprises, L.L.C., is first grouped into more than 40 subject-specific areas and within each area users will find hundreds of useful links.
TaxBase.com is a subscription-only site with comprehensive federal tax resources, including Tax Analysts' Federal Research Library, a library with information on basic federal research, chief counsel advice, and court opinions. Users can find materials from the IRS and Treasury, a laymen’s explanation of federal tax law, letter rulings, technical advice and assistance, field service advice, legal memorandums, more than 35,000 full texts and summaries of federal tax cases, and Tax Analysts' weekly magazine providing tax-related information, news, and commentary.
The firm of Townsend & Jones specializes in tax controversy and litigation and publishes their Tax Controversy Update newsletter online. The archived articles can be searched and retrieved by topic, including, but not limited to, appeals, audits, capitalization, criminal, legislation, liens, partnerships, and revenue rulings.
Published quarterly by the ABA and Georgetown University Law Center, this journal is free to members of the ABA’s Section of Taxation and a low annual subscription rate for nonmembers. Users can expect to find scholarly articles written by notable tax attorneys and professors, student notes and comments on timely topics, and annual reports on important tax developments.
Obtain every IRS Revenue Rulings from 1954 to the present and search the database by year or keyword.
Ask you own individualized questions and receive in response answers full of useful and understandable tax information. If you wish to reduce your income, gift, and estate tax, organize your businesses and investments to reduce taxes, and identify tax issues before they become problems then this site is for you! For a nominal fee, users receive answers that are usually from 500 to 1500 words within about 3 to 5 hours written by experienced tax advisors.
Provided by the CPA firm of Markle, Stuckey, Hardesty, & Bott, users can find a broad range of tax resources on this site, whether it is for business, family, or just personal exploration. Resources include eCommerce tax news, informative articles, links to external Web sites, and interactive financial calculators, including an auto loan calculator, buying vs. lease analysis, and credit card payoff calculator. Users can even sign up to receive free email updates of federal tax laws.
This public service provides links to tax information from state, federal, and international tax authorities. Find tax forms, regulations, the IRS code, and information regarding tax policy, history, and links to numerous tax databases.
Concerned with the impact of estate and gift taxes on your family? This site will provide many of your answers through its analysis and reports on the economic impact of legislative and administrative initiatives and information about possible adverse or beneficial changes in the federal tax law.
Written by Robert L. Sommers, a sole practitioner specialized in tax law, this site contains newsletters, memos, articles, outlines, and even “tax classes” which are specifically created to educate Internet users on tax issues online. Topics include estate planning, foreign taxpayers, employee stock options and much more!
An online tax Web site full of valuable information, news, and forms to help you complete your taxes. Download and print tax forms, link to IRS sites, use the state revenue department directory, and read “Taxing Subjects”, a free online publication providing timely information relating to IRS news, electronic filing, and tax preparation.
Ernst & Young provides basic tax tips, help on avoiding common tax errors, and identifies easily overlooked deductions made commonly by taxpayers.
Established as a research center, The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, research and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. Users will find comprehensive information including, enforcement activities of the federal government, income subject to taxation, IRS enforcement policies and practices, and detailed maps and ranking tables for the United States as a whole, each of the IRS administrative districts and the federal judicial districts.
Download and print tax forms, get tax preparation guidance, read IRS news releases and bulletins, locate a tax professional, find hundreds of tax and business related articles, and much more for free on this privately owned site.
Created and maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this site provides a place on the Internet for the public to find published opinions and notices about the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
