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The Standard Fed PLUS provides you with all of the research tools you'll need for convenient access to Standard Federal Tax Reporter archives to:

• Understand changes in the laws, regulations, guidance and CCH commentary on an annual basis from 1986 to 2016 and on a weekly basis from January 1, 2017 going forward.
• Efficiently and accurately research the Code, Regulations and Regulatory Guidance in effect at any point-in-time.

The State Tax PLUS lets you efficiently monitor and understand statutory and regulatory changes with Point-in-Time Analysis and Redlining Comparison of differences between state tax laws, regulations, and commentary between versions back to 1994.

Document Change Timeline

The regulatory change timeline presents when a document has changed over time.

• Each tab presents the years in which the document changed.
• The version presented is highlighted in green on the timeline.
• Click a tab on the timeline to navigate different versions over time.

Granularity of Snapshots
NOTE: The Document Change Timeline shows only those versions of the document for which a change is detected. Every version of a document is being analyzed on an annual basis from December 31, 1986 to December 31, 2016, and as of each week from January 1, 2017 going forward. If a date within this range is not present, that means no change in the document was detected.

Document Compare

You can compare any two versions of a document on the timeline to see how documents change.

• The platform will present a markup of changes in the two documents.
• It highlights in the Table of Contents which document is being compared
• It indicated in the blue box at the top of the document and in the timeline which dates are being compared
• Press clear after the indicated dates to remove the mark-up

Point-in-Time Navigation

Efficiently navigate & research the regulatory environment any point-in-time.

• Use the calendar widget to set the Active Date within the system.
• The table of contents will represent the Standard Federal Tax Reporter applicable for that point-in-time.
• You can navigate links and documents with the peace of mind you are navigating the correct version for the Active Date selected.

The platform will present the correct version in place for the Active Date on the timeline. The version selected will be highlighted in green (see below). 

All links within the system remain time-aware.

• By clicking a link within the document, the user will be directed to the version of that document for the Active Date. This improves research accuracy.
• Paste the link to a regulation into word documents and working papers. The link will remain time-aware so you can reference the exact version you were referring to for a point-in-time.