Mar 29, 2026  
Academic Catalog 2025-2026 
  
Academic Catalog 2025-2026
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TAX 548 - Introduction to Tax Research


An introduction to the basic concepts and techniques of tax research, including the use of the Walsh College Tax Portal and RIA Checkpoint® . The relative value of statutes, judicial precedents, administrative interpretations, and legislative history as sources of authority will also be studied at an introductory level; however, emphasis will be placed on the techniques for discovering the sources of authority in tax law.

Credit(s): 3

Prerequisite(s):
TAX 505  OR TAX 506  OR TAX 405  or TAX 406 .

Outcomes
  • At the end of the course the student will have a basic knowledge of all techniques for researching a substantive or procedural federal tax law question.
  • At the end of the course the student will be able to do a variety of searches using RIA Checkpoint.



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