Accounting Research Manager^TM Subscribers Offered Special Discount on CCH Learning Center

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., August 22, 2005) – CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of tax and accounting information and software, has announced that subscribers to their Accounting Research Manager TM (ARM) can now receive a special ten-percent discount on new CCH Learning Center purchases until December 31, 2005.

The CCH Learning Center (cch.learningcenter.com) is a web-based library of more than 140 interactive, self-study continuing professional education (CPE) courses on a wide range of topics totaling more than 420 hours of CPE credit. A subscription to the CCH Learning Center allows a user unlimited access to all of the courses.

“This is a great opportunity for ARM subscribers to meet their CPE requirements at an especially reasonable cost, and an excellent reason for new users to subscribe to ARM before the end of the year,” said Cynthia Kaplan, product manager for CCH.

Wide Range of Courses

CCH Learning Center courses cover subject areas that are highly relevant to the working professional: Accounting & Audit, Business Taxation, California Taxation, Individual Taxation, Tax Return Preparation and Wealth Management. In all, more than 140 informative self-study courses are currently available, and new courses are continually added.

Course content is up-to-date, with practical tips, comments, observations and guidance to help practitioners not only understand the rules, but also apply them to client or business situations. CCH Learning Courses include more than 300 valuable practice aids, such as client letters, worksheets, flow charts, tables, graphs, checklists, related journal articles, forms and schedules to help users translate and apply the course information into practice.

CCH Learning Center courses are developed by leading practitioners, educators and speakers, who bring their knowledge and insights to help users handle today’s tough and evolving practice challenges. CCH is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors and as a Quality Assurance Service (QAS) sponsor of continuing professional education.

“Best of all, the web-based CCH Learning Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so users can do their learning and earn CPE credits at their own pace and on their own calendar,” Kaplan observed. “ CCH Learning Center courses can also be easily printed out in convenient hard copies. You aren’t limited by a vendor’s seminar schedule and locations; with the CCH Learning Center you can study and take exams at home and even when traveling.”

For More Information and Pricing

For more information or to subscribe to the CCH Learning Center, call your CCH representative at 888-224-7377. The CCH Learning Center costs $329 per year for a single person to access any number of courses. Quantity discounts are available. Until December 31, subscribers to the CCH Accounting Research Manager will receive a 10-percent discount for new subscriptions to the CCH Learning Center.

About Accounting Research Manager

Developed by a major international accounting firm, Accounting Research Manager (accountingresearchmanager.com) is the most comprehensive and insightful database of expert-written interpretations of accounting, auditing, government and SEC information. It also includes authoritative and proposed literature from the FASB, AICPA, SEC, EITF, IASB, PCAOB, GASB, GAO and OMB. Updated up to five times daily, it is the most current, complete and objective resource for professionals’ financial reporting needs.

About CCH Tax and Accounting

CCH Tax and Accounting (www.tax.cchgroup.com), based in Riverwoods, Ill., is the nation’s premier provider of tax, audit, and accounting information, software and services. It has served tax, accounting and business professionals and their clients since 1913. Among its market leading products are The ProSystem fx® Office, CCH® Tax Research NetWork™, Accounting Research Manager™ and the U.S. Master Tax Guide®. CCH Tax and Accounting is a Wolters Kluwer company.

Wolters Kluwer is a leading multinational publisher and information services company. Wolters Kluwer has annual revenues (2004) of €3.3 billion, employs approximately 18,400 people worldwide and maintains operations across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (www.wolterskluwer.com). Its depositary receipts of shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam (WKL) and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.

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