Using accounting-related key words to find answers

Posted by AccountingWEB on Feb 8 2011 4046 printer friendly

During busy season, accountants have questions and Intuit, the maker of ProLine Tax Research among other software, has answers.

Intuit is sharing with our readers the most-sought-after tax terms that accountants are searching for. Rather than presenting a standard bullet-pointed list in black-and-white, Intuit has ingeniously brightened up the search array with this vibrant tag sheet.

You likely know how these search tags work. But for the uninitiated, the bigger the word, the more times people searched for it.

Following are the most searched terms in ProLine Tax Research for the week of January 28-February 3, 2011:

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