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Note: To search with a Code section, or with proximity, use Advanced Search. A space between words is searched as “AND.”
- AND
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Both (or all) the words appear in the document
Example: Treasury AND "anti-inversion" AND guidance [AND must be uppercase]
- OR
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Search for alternate terms
Example: law OR legislation [OR must be uppercase]
- “ ”
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Exact phrase
Example: "disguised sales"
Example: "profit and loss"
- *
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Wildcard / Root expander
Example: Culberts*n will retrieve Culbertson, Culbertsen, etc.
Example: audit* will retrieve all words beginning with "audit," including audits, auditor, and auditing
- NOT or –
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Example: legislative NOT history
Example: legislative –history [NOT must be uppercase]
- ~
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Use fuzzy match to retrieve words with similar spelling
Example: Shepherd~ will retrieve Sheppard
- ( )
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Group terms together to build searches
Example: (Swiss OR Switzerland) AND bank* AND (record or account)
Retrieving Documents with a Tax Analysts’ Citation:
Put the citation within quotes:
- "2014 TNT 66-1"
- "167 Tax Notes Federal 1765"
- "Tax Notes State, June 17, 2019, p. 1003"
Or, use the TAX ANALYSTS CITATION field in Advanced Search.
Our publication names changed in 2019. Entering either the pre- or post-change title will allow retrieval of the document.
Field Restricted Searching:
Advanced Search allows you to limit your search to certain fields:
- Author
- Case Name
- Code section
- Headline / Title
- IRS Citation*
- Summary / Abstract
*To search for, or retrieve, a federal primary source document, please use the search in Tax Notes Research.