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Archimage-I am only a lowly subscriber (don’t work for Panel Publisher) so I don’t have an inside connection. Since your post, they have added the autumn issue of the Journal of Pension Benefits. I will send you the E-mail address for the contact person at Aspen Publishers – I sent her two E-Mails but have not received a response to date. Who knows, with all the E-Mail filters in place, they may not have received the ones I sent.

Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits by Natalie B. Choate
https://www.ataxplan.com/life-and-death-planning-for-retirement-benefits/

www.DeniseAppleby.com

 

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  • 7 months later...

I just obtained a trial subscription to TAGDATA.com. Lot of excellent resources.

I am especially impressed by the calculators. For instance, a customer called about a controlled group issue, all I had to do was enter the numbers in TAGDATA's calculator and voila – the answer was available:

Their calculators include :

Catch Up Contribution Worksheet

Controlled Group Spreadsheet

Loan Calculator

Ratio Percentage Test - Controlled Group

Ratio Percentage Test - Single Employer

Top Heavy Determination After EGTRRA

'Bonding Calculator' - January, 2004

And no, I don't work for TAGDATA :)

Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits by Natalie B. Choate
https://www.ataxplan.com/life-and-death-planning-for-retirement-benefits/

www.DeniseAppleby.com

 

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The Panel Publishers subscription is now offered through CCH. Is it just me, or does anyone else thinks the search feature under CCH sucks when compared to the previous version

Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits by Natalie B. Choate
https://www.ataxplan.com/life-and-death-planning-for-retirement-benefits/

www.DeniseAppleby.com

 

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Kirk,

Until now, I'd had no idea that you're the author of Portfolio 362. Very impressive! You provide a very concise and scholarly discussion of some extremely esoteric law.

Lori Friedman

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For what it's worth... I have a very bad opinion of CCH products. I've never had satisfactory results from any CCH tax research materials -- neither the paper nor electronic versions. My firm doesn't have CCH subscriptions.

Instead, we use RIA Checkpoint (for basic information, with excellent hotlinks to every cite and authority) and BNA Portfolios (for detailed discussions, when more advanced information and analysis are needed).

Lori Friedman

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Thanks Lori,

I will check out those other products. My subscription for Panel Publishers will be up for renewal in a few months-which at this time is $2,000+. I would much rather spend even a few hundred more for something more user-friendly. Pity- I like most of the books offered by Panel Publishers

Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits by Natalie B. Choate
https://www.ataxplan.com/life-and-death-planning-for-retirement-benefits/

www.DeniseAppleby.com

 

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Yikes...$2,000+ is very expensive. Wasn't there an ownership change at Panel Publishers? Is this the reason for the big price hike?

Lori Friedman

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Actually, we have been paying $2,000 for a few years. The amount is for the Panel Pension Library Deluxe Online, which includes several books. The name change has not yet affected the price

Life and Death Planning for Retirement Benefits by Natalie B. Choate
https://www.ataxplan.com/life-and-death-planning-for-retirement-benefits/

www.DeniseAppleby.com

 

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