BFStax wrote:Another low-budget option is The Taxbook Web Library Plus for $269
IRS pubs, revenue rulings, etc... everything that is already free. Doesn't appear to offer any expert analysis on what all of those pubs an rulings mean.
"Already free" is a relative term. I tried for a while rummaging around on various slow-loading internet sites where you are not even sure what you are looking at is the latest version, and it was not very satisfactory or efficient. Having accurate IRC, regs, rulings, pubs, letters, notices, etc all in one place with one user interface is worth the small price.
The TaxBook offers periodic news releases on new tax law and court case. They also have in-depth publications beyond the annual quick reference, for example a very handy series of four documents on ACA. You get all of this with the Plus subscription.
What you need obviously depends highly on the nature of your practice. I worked for two years for another EA who had RIA research subscription, but I don't recall it every being really useful to anything I was working on. For my needs, I'd rather pay the annual bargain rate for basic organized access, and then pay per-question for any highly specialized research, which I only anticipate happening a few times per year.