CCH Releases 2001 U.S. Master Tax Guide

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., November 30, 2000) - CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), a leading provider of tax law information and software, has released its popular 2001 U.S. Master Tax Guide®, offering concise, comprehensive coverage of federal tax law to professionals and the general public. Now in its 84th year of publication, this classic and reliable reference is a ‘must have’ for anyone involved with taxes and tax preparation.

The widely used desktop tax reference explains basic rules affecting personal and business income tax, with clear-cut examples showing how to handle special problems and protect against overpayments and mistakes. (For more information or to order, call 1-800-248-3248 or purchase online at http://onlinestore.cch.com.)

Available for purchase in print and on CD-ROM, the 2001 Guide reflects all pertinent federal tax law changes, to date of publication, that affect 2000 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax. It contains comprehensive, timely and precise explanation of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding.

To help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated, the Guide also includes numerous time-saving features, such as a tax calendar, taxpayer-specific return flowcharts, lists of average itemized deductions, selected depreciation tables, rate tables and checklists of income, deduction and medical expense items.

This volume is conveniently cross-referenced to the Internal Revenue Code, Income Tax Regulations, certain other important tax law sources and CCH Standard Federal Tax Reports for further research.

The CCH 2001 U.S. Master Tax Guide comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2000 income tax returns and, a special bonus, Federal Taxation Refresher Course - Study Guide/Quizzer. This Course allows professionals to earn up to 16 hours of CPE credit while keeping up-to-date with important tax issues (grading fee additional).

Pricing and Availability

The CCH 2001 U.S. Master Tax Guide is available as a softbound or hardcover book. In addition, it’s also available on CD-ROM with a built-in search feature and tax rate look-up calculators to quickly and easily determine tax amount and marginal rate. For more information or to order a copy of the CCH 2001 U.S. Master Tax Guide, call CCH at 1-800-248-3248 or visit http://onlinestore.cch.com. Single-copy price for the softcover version is $49.50; hardcover version is $65. The 2001 U.S. Master Tax Guide on CD-ROM is $105. Quantity discounts and school adoption pricing are available.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, headquartered in Riverwoods, Ill., was founded in 1913 and has served over four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces more than 700 electronic and print products for the tax, legal, securities, insurance, human resources, health care and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer North America. 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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EDITOR’S NOTE: For members of the press, a complimentary copy of the CCH 2001 U. S. Master Tax Guide is available by contacting: Neil Allen at 847-267-2179 or allenn@cch.com.