Tax Research Platforms

• BNA Tax and Accounting Center
• IntelliConnect (Internet Explorer browser recommended)
• RIA Checkpoint (BU Law campus access)
  • RIA Checkpoint (off campus access via Firefox browser)
  • RIA Checkpoint (individual customizable login; pre-registration required)

News & Current Awareness

• BNA Tax updates
• Fed Taxes Weekly Alert (Westlaw)
• Tax Notes Today
• Tax Notes Weekly (Lexis)
• Tax Policy Blog (Tax Foundation)
• Tax Prof Blog (Paul Caron)

 

Tax Treatises

• BNA Tax and Accounting Center
  • List of Tax Management Portfolios
• Rabkin's Federal Income, Gift and Estate Taxation (Lexis)
• RIA Checkpoint (select WG&L treatises, integrated)
  • RIA Checkpoint (off campus access via Firefox browser)
  • RIA Checkpoint (individual customizable login; pre-registration required)
• Tax Treatises Multibase (Westlaw)
• WGL Tax Practice & Procedure Treatises (Westlaw)

 

Law Reviews and Journals

• Combined Tax Journals (Lexis)
• Combined Tax Journals (Westlaw)
• Current Index to Legal Periodicals
• Hein Online: Law Journal Library
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• LegalTrac
• Social Science Research Network

Primary Legal Materials

Note: The databases linked from the Research Platforms tab provide access to a wide range of primary source documents.

Statutes

• Internal Revenue Code (IRS)
• United States Code (GPO) (FDSys)
• Federal Taxation - Public Laws (Westaw: FTX-PL)
• Federal Taxation-United States Code Annotated (Westlaw: FTX-USCA)
• Internal Revenue Code (Lexis: FEDTAX;CODE)
  

Regulations

• Treasury (Tax) Regulations (IRS)
• Treasury Regulations - Final, Temporary and Proposed (Lexis: FEDTAX;ALLREGS)
• Federal Taxation - Final, Temporary and Proposed Regulations (Westlaw: FTX-REG)

Cases and Court Rules

• Federal Courts Tax Cases (Lexis: FEDTAX:CASES)
• Federal Taxation - Cases (Westlaw: FTX-CS)
• Rules of Practice and Procedure (United States Tax Court)
• U.S. Tax Court opinions

Other Materials

• Combined IRS Releases (Westlaw: FTX-RELS)
• Note: See also the "IRS" and "Other Resources" tabs

Internal Revenue Service Web Site

• Forms and Publications
  • Instructions for Forms
• Info for Tax Professionals
• Internal Revenue Bulletins
• Internal Revenue Manual
• Tax Code, Regs & Official Guidance
• Tax Law Changes (Pub 553)
• Tools for Tax Professionals

 

Other Federal and State Government Sources

• House Ways and Means Committee
• Joint Committee on Taxation
• Massachusetts Department of Revenue
• Office of Management & Budget
• Senate Finance Committee
• State Tax Agencies (FTA)
• State Tax Forms (FTA)
• U.S. Treasury Department
  • Office of Tax Policy

 

General Research

• BU eResources by Subject
• BU Libraries Catalog
• BU eJournals
• BU Law eResources: Subject List
• BU Law eResources (A-Z)
• Google
• Google U.S. Government
• SSRN

 

Other Tools

• ABA Section on Taxation
• Tax Law Lessons (CALI)
• FindLaw Tax Law links
• Tax Law Research Guide (BU Law Library)
• Tax Table (2010) (IRS)
• Tax Treaties (IRS)
• Understanding IRS Guidance (IRS)

 

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