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Select three different primary sources, one from each area of tax law (legislative, administrative, and judicial), and provide a specific example of a source that is available in IntelliConnect.

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Which of the following statements is CORRECT regarding the CCH Citator?


A) The CCH Citator lists paragraph references where a case is examined in its Standard Federal Income Tax Reporter.
B) Only selected cases which the editors have determined most affect a case's precedential value are included in the citator listing.
C) The CCH Citator uses a general, not a local citation for citing cases.
D) All of the above statements are correct.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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The precedential value of a case refers to:


A) whether it was appealed.
B) the monetary value at stake in that case.
C) the legal authority established by that case.
D) all of the above.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The paragraphs in which the editors of the court reporter summarize the court's holdings on each issue of a case and the CCH Citator does not reference are called the:


A) Lexcites
B) headnotes
C) footnotes
D) table of authorities

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Distinguish between the following terms: "cited case" and "citing case."

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When one case refers to another case, it...

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The case that is referred to in the opinion of another case is called the "cited case."

A) True
B) False

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Which statement is CORRECT regarding commercial tax services?


A) They provide free access to all primary source tax materials.
B) They eliminate the need for reading primary tax law source materials
C) They act as an index for and explanation of primary and secondary tax law source materials.
D) All of the above statements are correct.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Tax journals and newsletters are generally cited as authority in professional tax research.

A) True
B) False

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All commercial citators allow the researcher to retrieve entries by entering either the case name or case citation.

A) True
B) False

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A typical IntelliConnect subscription will contain three editorial sources of interest: U.S. Master Tax Guide, Tax Research Consultant, and Standard Federal Tax Reporter.

A) True
B) False

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Most tax services, including IntelliConnect, offer four primary ways to search for information: keyword search, contents search, index search, and:


A) a one-to-four star system that indicates the extent to which citing cases discuss the case of interest.
B) headnotes that address only the tax issues in a case.
C) case evaluation symbols such as warning flags to indicate how the later court has treated a cited case.
D) citation search

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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What roles does a citator play in tax research?

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Tax practitioners are required to rely o...

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Which search is used in IntelliConnect to search TAXES--The Tax Magazine, The CCH Federal Tax Weekly, the CCH Tax Briefings and other newsletters and periodicals?


A) index search
B) contents search
C) citation search
D) keyword search

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Citators do not provide all information related to a case.

A) True
B) False

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IntelliConnect, like most tax services, organizes information by:


A) the list of cases that are cited by the case of interest.
B) full-text documents for legal citations.
C) database
D) all of the above.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Contents search is one of IntelliConnect's primary ways of searching for information.

A) True
B) False

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The CCH annotated service is the:


A) Federal Tax Coordinator.
B) Federal Tax Expert
C) Standard Federal Tax Reporter.
D) United States Tax Reporter

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Why do tax practitioners use a commercial tax service when most primary sources are available for free on the Internet?


A) Commercial tax services provide editorial explanations and expert analysis of primary tax law.
B) Practitioners are able to provide faster, more accurate solutions to clients' tax problems.
C) Tax services facilitate more efficient, effective, and comprehensive searches.
D) Commercial tax services organize tax law source materials into a single database system.
E) All of the above

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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IntelliConnect offers access to a bevy of primary source materials under which heading?


A) Key Numbers to classify legal issues in the cases.
B) headnotes address only tax issues.
C) Federal Tax Primary Sources
D) None of the above.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Publications which contain articles and news briefs that are designed to keep readers up to date in specific or general areas of the tax law are called:


A) tax periodicals
B) tax weekly
C) the Worldwide Tax Daily
D) The Tax Adviser

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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