Practical Tax Expert™

Practical Tax Professional is designed for the small firm tax practice that conducts its own tax research offering a practical, real-world focus on federal income tax laws. It includes numerous practical examples, sample calculations, compliance pointers, comments, planning notes and other federal tax research features to help you easily understand how critical tax principles apply.

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Formats available / Update frequency

• IntelliConnect: Updated daily and weekly.
• Part of the Tax Compliance Library

Written in an easy-to-understand language, Practical Tax Expert focuses on the tax topics that matter most to the very small firm CPA or sole practitioner who more than likely conducts their own federal tax research. It provides content and coverage on the tax question topics that matter most to you, including:

• Adjustments to gross income
• Alternative minimum tax
• Business deductions
• C corporations
• Compensation and benefits
• Depreciation and cost recovery
• Employment taxes
• Estate and gift taxes
• Farmers and farming
• Foreign income and transactions
• Gains and losses
• Gross income
• Income taxation of estates and trusts
• Individual and nonbusiness deductions
• Individuals
• Partnerships & other business entities
• Property and financial transactions
• Quick tax facts
• Retirement plans
• Returns, payment and procedure
• S corporations
• Self-Employment Tax
• Special Taxpayers
• Tax Accounting
• Tax Credits
• Tax Exempt Organizations
• Tax Practice
• Tax Rates and Tables

Planning and Practice Tools

Practical Tax Expert is loaded with a wide range of productivity tools to improve your workflow and simplify your federal tax research. You’ll get coverage on a broad range of tax question topics, easy access to tax rates and tables and a variety of other helpful tools, including:

• Tax rates, tables and charts — Tax rates and dozens of helpful checklists help you make sure no tax-savings opportunities are overlooked.
• Federal Sales Tax Deduction Toolkit™ — Look up applicable local sales tax rates (including multiple rates for multiple jurisdictions) and complete all calculations.
• Depreciation Toolkit™ — Quickly creates a depreciation schedule for any business asset, and provides information on depreciation options.
• Tax calendar — Creates a customized calendar of federal and state tax due dates based on the tax types and jurisdictions you specify.
• Client Letter Toolkit™ — Allows you to find and adapt appropriate client communications quickly. Search by tax question topic, type of client or type of letter.
• CCH Citator — Track the history of cases and rulings through the legal process and determines whether a case or ruling is still current and valid.

Federal Tax Research: Journals and Updates

Stay up-to-date with the latest news, trends and topics in the tax world with the following resources:

• Tax Tracker News™
• CCH Practical Tax Bulletin™
• State Tax Day

Federal Tax Research: Primary Source Material

• Internal Revenue Code
• Federal Tax Regulations
• Rulings and Other Documents
• Letter Rulings and IRS Positions
• IRS Publications
• Circular 230
• Tax Court and federal tax cases

Federal Tax Research: Tax Legislation

• CCH Legislation Newswire
• Bills Worth Watching
• CCH Tax Briefings
• Law, Explanation and Analysis
• Blue Books
• Major Tax Acts and Reports
• Tax Bills and Reports
• Congressional Research Service Reports

Tax Questions: State Content

State tax question issues are a growing concern for most practices. And CCH has the practitioner-oriented state and local tax products that you need. Tax question explanations, laws, regulations, cases and rulings are integrated and allow seamless navigation from expert editorial content to primary source materials.

• MultiState Quick Answer Charts
• State Tax Review
• State Tax Day

Forms

IntelliForms™ provides you with access to the most current forms, which can be filled out and filed with the IRS or state taxing agencies, including:

• Over 20,000 forms spanning income tax and sales tax across the federal, state and selected local jurisdictions.
• Instructions, schedules, IRS publications, filing guides and client organizer are also included.
• Forms for current tax year, plus two prior years.

Federal Tax Research Guides

These guides will save you hours of federal tax research time:

• U.S. Master Tax Guide®
• Top 10 Tax Issues
• U.S. Master™ GAAP Guide
• U.S. Master™ Depreciation Guide

Not all levels of Practical Tax Expert include all listed products.

Get your questions answered with one easy-to-use resource. Contact us today — we’ll get you there.

Formats available / Update frequency

• IntelliConnect: Updated daily and weekly.
• Part of the Tax Compliance Library

CCH offers onsite and online training for all levels of professional development, including courses that earn CPE credit. Whether you’re a novice or skilled user, our expert instructors, course content and learning tools offer the tips, tricks and solid explanations you need to transform your work processes.

Available training includes on-demand or online self-study options; Web-based and onsite training; and a variety of seminars and conferences, some at a location near you.

• Practical Tax Professional/Practical Tax Expert

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CCH Knowledge Base — In this online database of CCH software information, you’ll find step-by-step instructions, information on critical known issues and product documentation.

• Web ticket — Learn how to open a Web ticket online to submit your question directly to customer support.
• System requirements — Find out exactly what you need for CCH products to function properly in your office.
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