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CCH Offers Quick Route to CPE Credit

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., July 6, 2005) – Now professionals can get instant CPE credit from CCH Tax and Accounting (CCH) by completing print self-study course exams online. The CCH Testing Center web site (cchtestingcenter.com) provides quick and easy online access to the final exams for CCH print CPE courses and can help professionals “beat the clock” for last-minute CPE requirements.

A PDF file of each print-based CCH course is now available on the Testing Center, allowing users to print and review courses offline if they do not have a print course readily available.

The Testing Center can be used to review available print course materials and then complete and submit the final exam online any time, any day. Users receive their results and CPE credits instantly. Plus, users can immediately print out their certificate of CPE credits earned.

Users pay the same grading fee they would pay if they faxed or mailed their course final exam in to CCH for grading. Course grading fees are listed in the CPE Quizzer instructions and the online description of each course in the CCH Testing Center. Grading fees are charged against a customer’s credit card when they use the Testing Center for completing a final exam.

Easy to Use

To use the CCH Testing Center, users simply register and create a username and password, at no cost. Then, they may login any time to access the final exams from the Course Catalog. Users can print out hard copies of the courses for free and review the course whenever and wherever they want. After studying the print course – users simply take the final exam online for the CPE credit at a nominalfee.

Grading and issue of certificates for CPE credit is now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users can submit their final exams for grading at any time and receive immediate results and certification. There’s no additional charge for completing the exam online and getting instant results. Users will only be charged the normal course grading fee. Courses can range from $21-$79.

Comprehensive, Up-to-date Information

Professionals rely on CCH for comprehensive, up-to-date information that offers both practical guidance and fast answers. The CCH team of professional analysts, editors and contributing authors has more experience and expertise than any other tax and accounting publisher in the country.

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.

Records of courses completed and CPE credits earned are maintained and available to users for every CCH print course successfully completed in the Testing Center. Plus, users can add information for CPE courses completed elsewhere. This allows users to keep all of their certification records in one spot.

For More Information

To explore the CCH Testing Center, simply visit cchtestingcenter.com. For product information or technical support for the CCH Testing Center or for CCH’s audio CPE seminars or its web-based interactive CPE site — the CCH Learning Center — please call 800-248-3248 or visit tax.cchgroup.com. For information regarding administrative policies, please contact customer support at: 800-248-3248 or visit http://support.cch.com.

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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