BLS Library has 20 usernames/passwords to provide to BLS faculty & administrative staff.
- Faculty & administrators log in at: http://checkpoint.riag.com
- Tip: Type a password in the password line (do not "copy/paste" a password into the password line)
BLS students can register (from a BLS computer) for semester-long access through: http://ria.thomson.com/cploginids
Tip: Because BLS Library licenses RIA Checkpoint, many of RIA's tax sources are available through Westlaw.
RIA Checkpoint includes:
- News tab:
- RIA Tax Watch
- Federal Tax Updates
- State & Local Tax Updates
- International Tax Updates
- Research tab > Practice Area: Federal:
- Federal Taxes Weekly Alert Newsletter
- Journal of Corporate Taxation
- Journal of Taxation
- Practical Tax Strategies
- RIA's Federal Tax Handbook
- Analysis, checklists and client letters from RIA's Federal Tax Coordinator
- Annotations and explanations from RIA's United States Tax Reporter
- RIA's Citator 2nd
- Tax Planning & Practice Guides (Special Studies)
- Primary Sources sub-tab:
- Current Pending/Enacted Legislation (RIA)
- Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations & Committee Reports (RIA)
- Federal Tax Cases (RIA)
- IRS Publications (RIA)
- IRS Rulings and Releases (RIA)
- U.S. Tax Treaties in Force (RIA)
- Legislation (Editorial Analysis and Source Material) sub-tab:
- New Law Special Studies (1999-)
- Table of Contents allows researchers to "jump to" specific titles (A-Z) and provides links to:
- Checkpoint Archives
- Tax News
- Federal Library
- Payroll Library
- Pension & Benefits Library
- State & Local Tax Library
- International Tax Library
- RIA Worldwide Tax & Commercial Law (selected tax & business laws of foreign jurisdictions)
- International Taxes Weekly Newsletter
