CCH Enhances IntelliConnect Research Platform

IntelliConnect, the award-winning, intuitive tax research system from CCH, has
added many new features (available beginning the week of July 5) that will enable researchers get to their answers faster
and more effectively than ever before. CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business is a global
leading provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software, and services
(CCHGroup.com). Over 160,000
people rely on IntelliConnect today as the gateway to CCH’s premier content,
award-winning tools and innovative integration. Now, with the new enhancements,
users can access CCH’s superior information and tools even more easily
and quickly.

“Today, the competitive advantage goes to those firms that can harness
and apply knowledge quickly, efficiently and effectively. IntelliConnect is
the single, powerful platform that delivers this,” said CCH President
& CEO Mike Sabbatis.

New Enhancements Deliver Big Benefits
CCH worked closely with customers to identify and deliver the latest enhancements.
“With these enhancements, we’ve concentrated on changes that make
a big difference in the user’s experience as they access all the great
assets that CCH has to offer,” said Product Manager Tina Rajski. “From
logging in, to printing, to accessing related content, we’re delivering
new ways of getting the job done with new levels of accuracy and speed.”

First up, users can get off to a faster start because of changes to the home
page. The Browse tree now appears directly on the home page, so when users log
into IntelliConnect, they’ll be able to directly access it. “Favorites”
can be found at the top of the Browse tree, so they’re also always available
on login. “Download” links that provide links to training, tutorials,
forms and more have been moved to the home page as well. A publication list
on the Browse tree provides an overview of all the publications each user subscribes
to on IntelliConnect.

“This gives users another method to find the content they want –
faster than ever,” Rajski said. “You can use the publications list
by clicking on one of the alphabet letters to use a Table of Content format,
or by typing the publication you are looking for right into the search box.”

Customers who previewed the new changes found them intuitive and are pleased
with the flexibility that enables them to get a rich set of results.

“I really like the enhancements made to the Home Page. I especially like
the ability to browse only Selected Practice Areas,” said Pamela Bustos,
Bolar Hirsch & Jennings LLP. “I also like the ability to narrow the
practice areas when browsing. This helps to narrow the search results, so that
you get more focused results.”

Relate Provides Direct Links, Filters Open Automatically
Selected documents now contain Relate buttons so users can easily access the
appropriate related content. For example, on an IRC document, there are Relate
buttons for Committee Reports, Regulations, Explanations and Annotations.

“You can now link directly to other documents just by clicking on one
of the Relate buttons,” Rajski said. “This direct link saves you
time and takes you directly to the information you are looking for. “

When a user performs a keyword search, IntelliConnect will automatically open
the filter used in the last searching, saving time.

“The Relate buttons, particularly for the Internal Revenue Code, are
extremely useful,” said Racquel Barnes, Tax Supervisor, REDW, LLC. “This
is especially helpful in the cases where I’m familiarizing myself with
the issue by reading the explanations. It’s very useful to be able to
see all the Internal Revenue Code information with one click.”

Searching, Printing, Viewing
One of the most popular features of IntelliConnect is the ability to conduct
multiple research sessions at the same time. Now, users have the ability to
conduct up to eight sessions at the same time. Users can now print selected
text in a document by clicking on and highlighting the text, then clicking on
the printer icon that appears on the screen.

“This is a great time saving feature for when you want to quickly print
just a portion of a document for review,” Rajski said. “The title
of the document will also print with the selected text.” By using the
browser settings, the font size of IntelliConnect can be increased for easier
viewing, or decreased as well.

The display of Tax Tracker News has also been enhanced, with a more detailed
description of each Tracker story and color coding to enable quicker and easier
viewing.

Up to the Future, with IntelliConnect
With a 100-year history of innovation in tax and accounting research, CCH continues
to invest in leading the way in meeting the evolving needs of professionals.
“CCH’s market leading innovation in platforms, content, tools and
solutions continues to evolve at a record pace as evidenced with the agility
in deploying enhancements to IntelliConnect since its launch last year. With
a keen focus on our customers’ insights and needs, we’re committed
to providing the highest value to each user,” said Sabbatis. “That
commitment to excellence – advancing the IntelliConnect platform, our
content and tools – runs deep within CCH and is part of our DNA. ”

About CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business
CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business (CCHGroup.com)
is the leading global provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software
and services. It has served tax, accounting and business professionals since
1913. Among its market-leading solutions are The ProSystem fx Suite,
CorpSystem, CCH IntelliConnect, Accounting Research Manager and the U.S. Master
Tax Guide. CCH is based in Riverwoods, Ill. Wolters Kluwer is a market-leading
global information services company. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Alphen
aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. Its shares are quoted on Euronext Amsterdam (WKL)
and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

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