CCH, formerly Commerce Clearing House, is a provider of

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and information services for

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accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

and

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workers. Since 1995 it has been a subsidiary of

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History

Commerce Clearing House was founded in 1892 and was acquired by Oakleigh Thorne in 1907. CCH has been publishing materials on U.S. tax law and tax compliance since the inception of the modern U.S. federal income tax in 1913. CCH owned the publisher

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from 1965 to 1993.

bought CCH in 1995. Today, CCH is also recognizedIRS Corporate Returns list
, IRS, Internal Revenue Service. for its software and integrated workflow tools. CCH operates on a global scale and includes operations in the

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, Asia-Pacific and

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Case law reporters

The following is a list of case law reporters published by CCH: *Bankruptcy Law Reporter (Bankr. L. Rep.) *Copyright Law Reporter (Copy. L. Rep.) *Employment Practice Decisions (Empl. Prac. Dec.) *Federal Contracting Cases (Cont. Cas. Fed.) *Federal Securities Law Reporter (Fed. Sec. L. Rep.) *Labor Cases (Lab. Cas.) *Products Liability Reporter (Prod. Liab. Rep.) *Trade Cases (Trade Cas.) *U.S. Tax Cases (U.S. Tax Cas.) *Unemployment Insurance Reporter (Unemployment Ins. Rep.) *Utilities Law Reporter

References

External links

CCH websiteWolters Kluwer website
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