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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.”
Both (or all) the words appear in the document
Example: Treasury AND "anti-inversion" AND guidance [AND must be uppercase]
Search for alternate terms
Example: law OR legislation [OR must be uppercase]
Exact phrase
Example: "disguised sales"
Example: "profit and loss"
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
Example: legislative NOT history
Example: legislative –history [NOT must be uppercase]
Use fuzzy match to retrieve words with similar spelling
Example: Shepherd~ will retrieve Sheppard
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" "143 Tax Notes 7" "Tax Notes, Apr. 7, 2014, p. 7"
Or, use the TAX ANALYSTS CITATION field in Advanced Search.
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