CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business — CCH IntelliConnect

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CCH made significant changes to its research platforms in the summer of 2009 when it launched IntelliConnect, its next generation research platform to replace the previous offering, Tax Research Network. With the switch to IntelliConnect, the key tax, human resources, payroll and employee benefits databases for domestic and many international jurisdictions are on a common, consistent platform (although CCH’s accounting & auditing research service, Accounting Research Manager, remains on a separate, legacy platform). Attorneys will like the unification of legal, tax and business content under one research platform.

Basic System Functions

Users can use many search techniques to locate guidance, including keyword searches; natural language searches; browsing publications, topical indexes and journal articles; and by clicking on linked guidance from within ProSystem fx Tax. Like with other applications, searches can be restricted to specified sources or groups of publications using a hierarchical “tree” structure similar to the folder structures in Windows Explorer. Common research queries can be saved to folders and used as templates for repeat research memoranda. Articles, rulings and publications can also be cited using external links into IntelliConnect (e.g. a web address/URL) or can be e-mailed to colleagues or clients from within the web interface. 5

Content

CCH has one of the broadest and deepest content libraries reviewed in this group, and offers sources with primary sources and guidance on almost every imaginable topic related to law, tax and business. As previously noted, IntelliConnect is the replacement for CCH’s Tax Research Network and represents a standardized global research platform for Wolters Kluwer. The initial implementation of this platform in the U.S. market is the transition to IntelliConnect from Tax Research Network, which began in the second quarter of 2009. CCH also offers Accounting Research Manager (ARM), which is a research service targeted at technical accounting and auditing research, as well as SEC reporting, governmental accounting and auditing, and GRC issues (e.g. ICFR/Sarbanes-Oxley). ARM has not yet migrated to the new platform but it is expected to do so at some point in the future.

IntelliConnect includes topical analysis and practical guidance from BNA, as well as exclusive proprietary content from CCH, including newsletters, daily updates from Federal Tax Day, Explanations and GuideBooks, Practice Tools, and many other sources. 5

Customization

Users can configure alerts using the Tracker News based on jurisdictions, practice areas and keywords so that they receive the latest developments of interest in their Tracker News feed. They can also display or conceal content associated with any or all databases in eight general practice areas: Benefits, Commodities & Derivatives, Corporations & Business Organization, Investment Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pensions, Securities, and Tax & Accounting. Within Tax & Accounting, users can further restrict their searches to categories such as Accounting & Auditing, Federal Taxes, Financial & Estate Planning, International Tax, Specialized Tax, State Taxes, and Wealth Planning/Management.

Documents from the current session can be saved to a temporary document tray for use later in the same research session, and can be saved to a hierarchical structure of research folders that save documents permanently. And such documents can include annotations, summaries and other information added by the user. 5

Integration/Import/Export

IntelliConnect includes links to CCH’s ClientRelate product, which mines client files in ProSystem fx Tax to identify planning and engagement opportunities with existing clients, and will merge the related information into client form letters. Also available is an application called CCH@Hand, which allows you one-click access to content and Tracker alerts from within Windows or Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Context-sensitive links to relevant IntelliConnect content are included in ProSystem fx Tax and make it easy to access the right topics for each input field to help you properly report and disclose transactions on returns.