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CCH Tax News Direct Is Now Free, Your Daily Tax News, the Way You Want it

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., February 17, 1999) – CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of tax and business law information and software, said today that effective March 1, 1999, it will provide its popular Internet news service, CCH Tax News Direct, at no charge to subscribers of CCH Internet^SM Tax Research NetWorkä . The first Internet-based subscription tax news service, CCH Tax News Direct provides tax professionals with daily news of the federal and state tax topics most important to them and customized by them.

"As the leader in subscription tax news and information on the Internet, we understand the importance of quickly identifying and assessing the daily changes and decisions that affect tax professionals and their clients," said Becky Hensley, publisher, CCH Federal and State Tax Group. "Now, every subscriber to CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork will be even more in step with critical, relevant tax information."

Since CCH Tax News Direct is a daily, federal and state tax news service that can be customized, users have the advantage of defining the scope of their practice needs as broadly or narrowly as they wish. In addition, and exclusive to CCH, busy tax professionals can choose to receive the daily headlines from Tax News Direct via e-mail, going to the web when they see stories of special interest.

Also, the Tax Tracker feature allows subscribers to set their own daily search for new legislation and developments. Results are posted to the web page and an e-mail message notifies the user of new results.

Subscribers select coverage by jurisdiction – federal, one or more states, or any combination of federal and state coverage – and by topic, such as S-Corporations, state sales tax and partnerships. Users may change their news preferences at any time, changing the scope of coverage with a few keystrokes.

While the focus of CCH Tax News Direct is on daily reporting, a complete archive of the year's stories and related primary-source documents is maintained online for further research.

For More Information

For more information about CCH Internet Tax Research NetWork or CCH Tax News Direct, visit http://tax.cchgroup.com, contact your CCH Federal and State Tax sales representative (888 CCH REPS) or call 800-449-8114.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, founded in 1913, has served four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces approximately 700 print and electronic products for tax, legal, securities, human resources, healthcare and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer U.S. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com.

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