Deck 8: Tax Services Specialty and Others

Question 1

The section of a portfolio that has a comprehensive listing of the primary and secondary sources of the tax law is called the:

A)Bibliography Section
B)Guided Section
C)Keyword Section
D)Working Papers Section

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The research source available in Westlaw that is very effective for validating statutes, regulations, and administrative rulings is called a(n):

A)keyword
B)citator
C)inciter
D)searcher

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Westlaw research service which helps determine whether a case, law, or regulation remains good law is called:

A)KeyCite
B)KeySearch
C)WestlawNext
D)Campus Research

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The BNA Portfolios can be accessed directly by clicking on the headings under:

A)Cases and Decisions
B)Practice Tools
C)Expert Analysis
D)Indexes and Finding Aids

Question 5

For which type of search does BNA offer four different ways to do a search in the tax databases?

A)Keyword Search
B)Quick Search
C)Go To Search
D)Guided Search

Question 6

The service LexisNexis offers to academic institutions and public libraries which is a customized version of its services is called:

A)KeyCite
B)Tax Center
C)KeySearch
D)LexisNexis Academic

Question 7

The Westlaw search engine designed to tailor search results to the most relevant items based on the expertise of experienced law researchers is called the:

A)WestSearch search engine
B)Boolean Terms search engine
C)Wildcard search engine
D)Regulations search engine

Question 8

The search that uses the West Key Numbering System, which organizes key issues found in court cases into hundreds of numbered topics, is called:

A)KeyCite
B)KeySearch
C)WestlawNext
D)Keyword Search

Question 9

BNA Bloomberg is best known in the tax community as the publisher of the:

A)BNA Collections
B)​BNA Tax Management Portfolio
C)BNA Bloomberg Tax & Accounting Center
D)BNA Citators

Question 10

The service that presents the practitioner with databases that include primary sources and analytical materials is called:

A)Lexis Advance Tax
B)Sources Unlimited
C)Federal Topical
D)Business and News

Question 11

The search technique similar to browsing and then searching within the browsed documents organized according to type or content area is called a:

A)Keyword Search
B)Topic Search
C)Wildcard Search
D)Guided Search

Question 12

In addition to the portfolios, BNA also offers the following source(s):

A)expert analysis
B)events and training
C)cases and decisions
D)all of these are correct

Question 13

The BNA Portfolios most unique and useful feature is called the:

A)Keyword Section
B)Guided Section
C)Working Papers Section
D)Topical Section

Question 14

The legal oriented services by the West Group designed by attorneys, for attorneys is called:

A)Westlaw
B)WestlawNext
C)Tax Management
D)Mertens Law of Federal Income Taxation

Question 15

BNA Portfolios are grouped by area of common topic into:

A)Sub-Folders
B)Collections
C)Journals
D)Guides

Question 16

Possibly the world's largest full-text information resource, accessible through mobile devices as well as conventional personal computers, is called:

A)BNA Bloomberg
B)Westlaw
C)LexisNexis
D)CCH

Question 17

The more than 500 BNA Portfolios are classified into five series: Federal, International, State, Accounting, and:

A)Citations
B)Regulations
C)Municipal
D)Estate

Question 18

The Westlaw service to which many schools and universities subscribe, which has a more limited range of data than WestlawNext is called:

A)WestlawNow
B)Westlaw Universal Research
C)Westlaw Campus Research
D)Westlaw Taxation Research

Question 19

The service developed by LexisNexis exclusively for tax practitioners is called the:

A)LexisNexis Academic
B)Tax Research Consultant
C)Lexis Advance Tax
D)Lexis Portfolios

Question 20

The choice to search just a selected portfolio or collection is made available under the:

A)Advanced Search box
B)Index box
C)Quick Search box
D)Portfolio & Collections box

Question 21

Realizing how important tax research has become, LexisNexis developed a service exclusively for tax practitioners called the Lexis Advance Tax.

Question 22

Tax Journals published for the purpose of keeping tax practitioners abreast of current changes and trends in the tax law are referred to as Professional Notes.

Question 23

Virtually all law schools train their students using the Westlaw system.

Question 24

One of the most important tax newsletters available to practitioners is the BNA Daily Tax Report (DTR). DTR is available online; through wireless devices, including iPhones; and in hard copy.

Question 25

Today, BNA is owned by Bloomberg, provides 350 news services, and is the largest independent publisher of business and government analysis for professionals.

Question 26

The process of evaluating the validity of a case and locating additional authority often is called:

A)analyzing
B)primary researching
C)citating
D)shepardizing

Question 27

The publications containing a variety of articles and news briefs that are designed to keep readers up to date in specific or general areas of the tax law are called:

A)Law Publisher's best
B)Tax Periodicals
C)Law Review
D)Taxation Legal

Question 28

The results of a LexisNexis Academic search may be listed either by relevance, chronological date, or:

A)keyword
B)search
C)publication date
D)publisher

Question 29

The collection of papers, seminars, lectures, panel discussions, and demonstrations presented at yearly conferences of tax professionals is called the:

A)annual proceedings
B)annual webinars
C)annual awards
D)annual law news

Question 30

Perhaps the only tax services not available on LexisNexis are its competitors Checkpoint and Westlaw.

Question 31

BNA provides a State Tax Series of portfolios organized by individual state rather than by state tax issues.

Question 32

The citation for a printed tax journal article should take the following standard format: Sanders, Debra, Susan Gill, and Jill Zuber. 2009. Deductibility of bankruptcy costs and the origin of the claim. The Tax Advisor 40 (8): at 528.

Question 33

The West Group, an authoritative legal publisher, offers tax research capabilities through its Westlaw and WestlawNext services. These services are administrative-oriented because they were designed by attorneys, for attorneys.

Question 34

Tax Analysts produces a variety of comprehensive state, federal, and international news, analysis, and commentary publications for the public on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.

Question 35

All major tax services include a publication as part of their service aimed at keeping the subscriber abreast of important tax law developments. These publications are called Newsletters.

Question 36

Like BNA, Westlaw is accessible via the Internet and through wireless mobile devices.

Question 37

BNA offers four different ways to do a keyword search in the tax databases: Quick Search, Advanced Search, Go To, and Guided Search.

Question 38

Most search indexes and databases such as Google Scholar, JSTOR, Business Source Premier, Thomson Reuters Web of Science, and ABI/Inform, facilitate the locating of relevant tax articles by focusing on a guided search strategy.

Question 39

All major law schools, as well as organizations such as the National Tax Association, and the American Taxation Association, produce publications referred to as:

A)newsletters
B)journals of multistate state taxation
C)scholarly reviews
D)tax analyses

Question 40

BNA Portfolios are grouped by area of common topic into COLLECTIONS (e.g., there are multiple portfolios on income tax accounting that will be displayed if one clicks on that heading).

Question 41

What are KeySearch and the West Key Number System?

Question 42

How is each BNA Portfolio arranged?

Question 43

What are some of the Tax Analysts publications? Describe them briefly.

Question 44

What are some of BNA's publications? Describe each briefly.

Question 45

What are Scholarly Reviews? Who contributes to the publications? Expand on this.

Question 46

How can finding a BNA Portfolio on point with a practitioner's tax issue be like hiring someone to do the research?

Question 47

Why might some researchers find the citators in Westlaw or Shepard's superior to those found in Checkpoint or IntelliConnect?