Top notch credentials. TCG staff
members and partners have advanced degrees (including a Master
of Science/Taxation) and experience at the appellate level of
the IRS. Our professionals maintain membership in the Tax
Division of the AICPA and regularly attend the AICPA's
national tax conference, as well as various other tax-related
continuing education courses. TCG also conducts monthly
in-house continuing education sessions that update partners
and staff on various tax related topics.
Comprehensive tax library. Tax
laws are complex and change constantly. The TCG tax team meets
this challenge with the assistance of our state-of-the-art tax
library. Updated daily to keep us abreast of tax changes and
pending legislation, our all-electronic (CD or Internet-based)
library saves time and fees associated with addressing complex
tax issues. Equipped with resources usually found only in the
largest firms, the TCG library includes many specialty
services and publications too numerous to list here.
Highlights include:
CCH Internet Tax Research
NetWork: The leading
provider of tax and business law information and software, CCH
is relied upon by 90% of the 100 largest public accounting
firms, law firms, and corporations. Among the CCH Libraries
(updated daily) to which TCG has access are:
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Standard Federal Tax Reporter: the
cornerstone of federal income tax research since
1913
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Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reporter:
in-depth analysis related to federal estate, gift and
generation-skipping tax law
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Federal Excise Tax Reporter: detailed
coverage of the excise tax provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code
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CCH
Federal Tax Service: detailed, topically arranged
analyses by expert tax practitioners on how the federal
law has been applied in specific real world
situations
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Internal Revenue Code and Regulations, Rulings
and Other Documents: full text of federal
administrative rulings and documents - including Revenue
Rulings, Revenue Procedures, Treasury Decisions, IRS
Announcements and much more
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All
tax cases: U.S. Tax Cases, Tax Court, Tax Memo and
U.S. Board of Tax Appeals cases
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IRS
Publications: narrative insight and guidance from
the viewpoint of the IRS
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U.S.
Master Tax Guide: An abbreviated reference of tax
rules and law changes
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Letter Rulings and IRS Positions: insights
on the IRS interpretation of tax laws on a myriad of
previous taxpayer situations
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State
Tax Reporters for all 50 States: The most
comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date collection
of full-text regulations and court decisions covering
the entire field of state and local
taxation
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Capital Changes Reporter: provides
comprehensive, daily coverage of capital changes and
their consequences for U.S. federal income tax purposes
-- an indispensable service for private investors and
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Tax Management's U.S. Income Portfolios,
Estate, Gift and Trust Portfolios, and Foreign Income
Portfolios: Written by leading tax
practitioners chosen for their expertise in specific fields,
these portfolios provide in-depth analysis of specific
transactional issues, along with the working papers and
bibliographies necessary to develop and implement detailed tax
strategies.
State-of-the-art software. TCG Financial Services, Inc. regularly
invests in hardware and software that enhance the quality and
cost-efficiency of our service. Currently, we support client
services with:
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Estate and financial
planning software: these
programs assist in analyzing the long-term effects of
sophisticated estate and financial planning
techniques
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Morning Star
Reports: evaluates the performance of any
mutual fund
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Tax compliance
software: TCG uses
the ProSystem fx tax
compliance system for preparing all business,
individual, trust, estate and not for profit tax
returns. The most widely used and comprehensive tax
compliance system available, ProSystem fx
allows us to prepare accurate and reliable tax
returns for any entity type, and for any state or city.
The software enables our tax consultants to be as
efficient as possible in order to focus on more
important tax planning and analysis
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Tax form
software: provides our professionals with
"finger tip" access to almost any federal, state or city
tax form with instructions
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Additional capabilities:
TCG Financial Services, Inc. employs information technologies
to facilitate electronic filing, accomplish tax planning and
import clients' general ledgers into the TCG tax compliance
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