FIU Libraries: TAX5875 / Seminar in Taxation: Search Tax Resources

Online Resources

A number of useful accounting and tax resources are available online. This list encompasses a few of the more trustworthy sites for locating forms, news, and other accounting and tax information.

IRS.gov
Your go-to for all IRS forms and publications. Also includes current news and access to the Internal Revenue Code.
Florida Department of Revenue
Access to Florida's tax information, publications and forms. Site is searchable and also offers access to the Revenue Law Library.
U.S. Small Business Administration
Check this site to learn how to start a small business as well as find opportunities for loans.
United States Tax Court
Offers searchable access to the opinions and rulings of the court.
Tax Policy Center
Resource from the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. Offers information on a number of tax topics, tax facts, legislation, and much more. Site is fully searchable.
Ernst & Young Global Tax Guide
Summaries information on worldwide tax regimes and systems.
Investopedia
An online resource that includes a dictionary of tax terms.

Purpose of This Guide

This guide is designed to help students enrolled in TAX5875.

The RIA Checkpoint page will be invaluable for this course and your career in tax.

Tax Databases - Start Here

The following Library databases will offer you the best starting point for your tax questions.

RIA Checkpoint: Registration Site This link opens in a new window
Registration site for Personal Accounts.
NOTE: Student accounts expire on January 1 and August 1; you must have a personal account to use this direct link. To create the account off-campus, sign in with your Library Number (back of your OneCard) and the 2-digit month and 2-digit day of your birth; if you do not have a OneCard, VPN (see https://network.fiu.edu/vpn/) for access.
RIA Checkpoint This link opens in a new window
NOTE: The RIA Checkpoint link provided gives direct access to this resource without the ability for personal customizations. You may register for a student course-related account to use personalization features. Student accounts expire on January 1 and August 1.
Designed for tax research, includes indexes tax regulations and cases. Includes seven WG&L tax-related treatises.
CCH IntelliConnect Tax Research Network This link opens in a new window
(via Vital Law formerly known as CHEETAH) Includes the federal and state tax reporters, tax news, and primary source information such as the Internal Revenue Code, federal tax regulations, tax cases, and letter rulings.
Accounting & Tax Database This link opens in a new window
Accountants database which brings together highly ranked global and scholarly journals with key resources for locating quick and precise results covering current news and topics, as well as the trends and history influencing important accounting and tax issues of the day.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis) This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to a wide range of news, business, legal, medical, government, statistical, and reference information; federal and state case law. Search News, Legal Cases, Company Profiles, Country Information, or Biographical Information.
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text business journals and hundreds of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals covering all aspects of business; marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and more; Additional full text, non-journal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more; Many of the reports are published by Datamonitor.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
This database comprises ABI/INFORM Global, ABI/INFORM Trade and Industry, and ABI/INFORM Dateline; content includes full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, business and economics periodicals, country- and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. International coverage.

All Accounting Databases
The complete list of accounting databases.

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