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Contents include FASB Codification and marketing resources.
Checkpoint Edge provides primary tax documents and secondary analysis for federal, state, and local taxation, estate planning, pension and benefits, international taxation and payroll taxation.
You can filter your searches by practice area or source from the Checkpoint search interface. There are also various quick links on the left side of the page for commonly used features on Checkpoint.
Select a practice area to use sources and search tools specific to an area of research. Practice areas include Federal, State, Estate, Pension & Benefits, International, Payroll, and Accounting, Audit & Corp Finance.
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Checkpoint offers Editorial Materials to assist in the understanding of Tax law.
Explanations of notable materials:
Citator: Presents histories of Federal tax cases & rulings citing or cited by other cases & rulings.
Federal Tax Coordinator Analysis: Expert, in-depth analysis of federal income, estate, gift, excise and U.S.-based foreign taxes organized by subject.
Federal Tax Coordinator Client Letters: Sample letters to serve clients and generate revenue.
Federal Tax Handbook: Quick answer guide to tax questions.
United States Tax Reporter - Annotations: Summaries of federal cases and IRS rulings organized by both Code section and legal issue.
United States Tax Reporter - Explanations: Full explanations of the law, regulations and major cases and rulings organized by IRC section.
Checkpoint offers commonly used primary sources.
Checkpoint provides links to relevant documents within the primary resources (see images below).
The tabs located above the code link to additional resources that supplement the code section. Clicking those tabs will open a sidebar with links to relevant sources.
These are the news and archives sources available in Checkpoint. The WG&L are a good source of commentary for developments in Tax law.
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