NYSSCPA Members Will Receive Discounts On Popular CCH Products

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., March 10, 2000) – CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of tax and business law information and software, said today that it had signed an agreement with the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) to provide member discounts on two of CCH’s popular tax research products.

Under the arrangement, CPA members of the New York Society will receive a 10-percent discount on new subscriptions to the CD-ROM and Internet versions of the CCH® U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus™ (http://tax.cchgroup.com/mtgplus) and CCH® TaxEssentials™ (http://tax.cchgroup.com/taxessentials), an Internet-based product. The authoritative and timely resources were specifically designed to meet the desktop needs of small firms and the general tax practitioner.

"We’re pleased to make this special offer to this distinguished professional society," said Kevin Robert, publisher, CCH Federal and State Tax group. "This provides a valuable new benefit to the association’s members and provides them with affordable access to the highest-quality research tools designed for the general practitioner."

CCH U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus

Built around the country’s most popular desktop tax reference, CCH U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus also contains thousands of primary source documents, including the Internal Revenue Code; Final, Temporary and Proposed Regulations; Revenue Rulings and Revenue Procedures; IRS Announcements; IRS Notices; MSSPs and ISPs; IRS Publications; Letter Rulings and Technical Advice Memoranda; Circular 230; and the IRS Penalties Handbook, as well as an extensive library of tax cases.

CCH TaxEssentials

CCH TaxEssentials, launched in the fall of 1999, includes explanations and practice aids drawn from the trusted CCH Federal Tax Guide, as well as the same set of primary documents found in CCH U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus. In addition, users may supplement their subscription with interactive federal forms or federal and state forms on CD-ROM.

For More Information

Members of the New York State Society of CPAs can find out more about the CCH U.S. Master Tax Guide Plus and CCH TaxEssentials at http://tax.cchgroup.com/nysscpa. To subscribe, call 800-449-8114.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, headquartered in Riverwoods, Ill., was founded in 1913 and has served four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces more than 700 electronic and print products for the tax, legal, securities, human resources, health care 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. The CCH Federal and State Tax web site can be accessed at http://tax.cchgroup.com.

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