Where to Begin• Federal Tax Research: A Guide to Materials &

Techniques by Gail Levin Richmond (2010)• Federal Tax Research by Joni Larson and Dan

Sheaffer (2011) • West’s Tax Law Dictionary by Robert Sellers

Smith & Adele Turgeon Smith (2013)

Additional Information in Richmond 

Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Primary Secondary

One-Stop Shopping• RIA Checkpoint: federal, state, int’l tax

sources• CCH Internet Tax Research Network:

federal, state, int’l tax sources• [Bloomberg] BNA Tax & Accounting

Center: federal & state information, mainly Portfolios

Government Information• Internal Revenue Service (forms, legal

information, etc.)• Joint Committee on Taxation (Congress)• Multistate Tax Commission (States)• United States Tax Court

Current Awareness• Tax Notes Today (Tax Analysts) • See One-Stop Shopping Sources• Pending Legislation

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