January 2001

Society Offers Discounts on CCH Products

By Ed Parker

The New York State Society of CPAs offers its members a 10 percent discount on certain CCH online and CD-ROM research products, specifically, the company’s U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus and Tax Essentials.

The discount will benefit especially smaller firms and sole practitioners who may not currently have the online services. The U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus is available in Internet and CD-ROM versions. Tax Essentials, an Internet service, is available in a stand-alone version or a “plus” version that includes federal and state forms on CD-ROM.

U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus is an electronic, searchable copy of CCH’s best-selling tax guide. The company regularly offers this product for an annual user fee of $199, but the NYSSCPA member price is $179. The “plus” includes online access to searchable documents including the Internal Revenue Code, court cases, IRS rulings and publications, and three print books: U.S. Master Tax Guide, Individual Filled-in Forms, and Corporation Filled-in Forms.

NYSSCPA members receive Tax Essentials for $445, compared to the regular $495. Tax Essentials includes significantly more editorial matter than the Master Tax Guide Plus and extra code, regulations, cases, rulings, and publications. Tax Essentials offers a “news of the week” feature and an active message board, where subscribers can pose technical questions to each other.

Tax Essentials offers a federal and state forms service on CD-ROM for an additional fee. In addition, the product includes links to federal and state government forms, many of which can be completed on the computer.

CCH’s web interface simplifies searches and enhances the site’s overall performance, and NYSSCPA members can receive free trials.

To learn more, call CCH’s Society hotline at (800) 449-6411, visit www.nysscpa.org, or contact Ed Parker at (212) 719-8313, (800) NYSSCPA (697-7272), or eparker@nysscpa.org.