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Thomson Reuters is known as one of the major providers of tax compliance and research software. Its tax and accounting website, http://tax.thomsonreuters.com, markets its products but also provides professionals with useful resources that have substantial background information and topical content Users can access materials that range from videos and webcasts, to short blog posts and brief articles, to longer case studies and reports. The website also features materials that address international and indirect tax issues.
The homepage's navigation tools focus on product marketing and feature customer categories, such as corporations, accounting firms, government, and financial institutions. The "Resources" tab houses a large collection of items that might interest a general user. The resources main page has an extensive topical index to help narrow a user's search.
Articles and Reports
The website offers materials written by Thomson Reuters staff and outside contributors. "How Does Cloud Computing Affect a Company's Tax Footprint?," by Kristina Dautrich (found in the newsletters section of resources), discusses whether the location of an information technology server creates a taxable presence. According to the article, authorities in India recently decided that a foreign company's server could constitute a permanent establishment,...