Kresge Research Guides: Accounting & Tax Guide: Getting Started

Accounting & Tax Sources Overview

This research guide is to support the research needs of Accounting Faculty and students at the Ross School of Business. It includes resources available through the Kresge Library at the Ross School of Business, UM Law Library, and other data sources. If you need assistance, please contact Joel Scheuher or the Kresge Library (http://www.bus.umich.edu/kresgelibrary/contact.html). This guide will point you towards relevant databases and other resources for researching Accounting & Tax topics.

Top Accounting & Taxation Databases at Kresge Library

VitalLaw
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VitalLaw from CCH (Commerce Clearing House) has news, analysis, and legislation on Federal, State, and International Tax topics. It also has the U.S. Master GAAP Guide with technical explanations of generally accepted accounting principles as documented in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
Nexis Uni
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Full-text access to over 15,000 sources of news, business, accounting, legal, and reference information, including hundreds of U.S. and foreign publications including Accounting Today and publications from the AICPA and the IRS.
HeinOnline
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HeinOnline contains a comprehensive database of law-related journals and magazines. HeinOnline also provides coverage of US Federal laws and regulations, State session laws, International laws and treaties, Congressional and Federal agency documents, and case law.
Checkpoint Edge
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Checkpoint Edge has primary tax documents and secondary analysis related to federal, state and local taxation, estate planning, pensions and benefits, international taxation and payroll taxation. It also offers tax news, i-Tables calculator and a Form/Line finder tool.
Intelligize
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Intelligize from LexisNexis is an analytics tool that allows advanced queries on designated sections in public filings and exhibits submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. There are also comment letters written by SEC Examiners, no-action letters, and regulatory materials. Merger and acquisition deal information is also available.

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