Tax research

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released the latest version of its Sabrix Application Suite of global tax software, with added support for transaction taxes in Brazil.

The economic realities of budget shortfalls faced bygovernments worldwide will accelerate a shift toward indirect taxes such asvalue-added taxes and present new risks, challenges and opportunities for U.S.businesses operating globally, predicts a new report from KPMG LLP.

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BNA Tax & Accounting has introduced its first iPhone application, BNA Quick Tax Reference, an electronic version of the company’s Quick Tax Reference Guide.

Syracuse University's Transactional Records AccessClearinghouse has added an app to its recently released annual report on theIRS that lets users drill down to tax return information across all 50 statesand every one of more than 3,000 counties.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has introduced two new online services to help businesses stay informed of changes in sales and use tax and value-added tax.

Tax revenue for state and local governments fell 6.7 percent in the third quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, marking the fourth consecutive quarter of negative growth.

Payroll services provider Paychex has published four online tax resources for CPAs and small businesses free of charge on its Web site.

CCH Small Firm Services has begun shipping its ATX and TaxWise lines of software for tax year 2009, with links to tax research from CCH.

Most states tax their middle- and low-income families far more heavily than the wealthy, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released a state apportionment planning tool on its Checkpoint online research service.

Sabrix has released the fall 2009 version of its outsourced sales tax system.

CCH has added Smart Charts, checklists and decision trees to its Business Entity Planning Library to provide further guidance to tax practitioners analyzing and comparing the entities used by small- and midsized businesses.

CCH’s Tax Prep Partner series has expanded to cover nonprofit, estate tax and payroll forms.

CCH plans to enhance its IntelliConnect research service with new filtering and interface features.

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CCH has introduced Worldwide Tax Rates and Answers: Calculators, a set of software calculators that help accountants calculate corporate income tax and withholding tax liabilities in 90 countries around the world.

Intuit has introduced Intuit ProLine Tax Research, powered by BNA, a Web-based service that integrates directly with Intuit’s Lacerte and ProSeries professional tax software.

PDI Global has introduced an online version of its 2009-2010 Tax Planning Guide that accounting firms can put on their Web sites and market to clients.

E-mail newsletter provider BizActions has introduced an Online Tax Guide that CPAs can link to from their own Web sites and brand with their own firm’s name and logo.