Tax section survey results.

• Author: Clark, Jim

Periodically, the AICPA Tax Section surveys its members to obtain input on its efforts to serve them and determine how to improve membership benefits. During summer 2006, it surveyed members, asking them how they view the benefits of membership, what they like and what should be improved or added. Of the total Tax Division membership (approximately 22,000), 1,320 members responded to the survey; the results follow.

1. Please rate the usefulness of the Tax Practice Guides and Checklists.

1. Please rate the usefulness of the Tax Practice Response Count % Very useful 644 50% Somewhat useful 473 36.7% Not useful 16 1.2% Aware, do not use 137 10.6% Not aware 18 1.4% 2. Please rate the usefulness of the different formats in which the Tax Practice Guides and Checklists are provided.

2. Please rate the usefulness of the different formats in which the Tax Practice Guides and Checklists are provided. Aware, Very Somewhat Not do not Not useful useful useful use aware Website 44.7% 26.9% 2.4% 13.8% 12.2% CD-ROM 35.9% 31.7% 4.6% 21.4% 6.4% Paper 19.1% 27.0% 12.6% 29.5% 11.8% 3. Please rate the following Tax Section products and services and other activities listed.

Some- Aware, Very what Not do not Not useful useful useful use aware Topical practice guides (e.g., Disaster Area Guide) 15.2% 38.4% 3.4% 15.5% 17.4% Tax articles on website 29.2% 42.9% 2.1% 12.2% 13.7% Website tax discussion forums 8% 24.6% 9% 28.5% 29.8% The Tax Adviser magazine 59.5% 33.4% 1.3% 4.3% 1.4% Group discounts on tax research publications and software 25.4% 27.8% 10.7% 14.3% 11.8% Bi-weekly Tax eAlert 43.9% 45.6% 2.7% 2.4% 5.4% Comments on proposed legislation 28.5% 48.8% 5.1% 9.3% 8.2% Comments on proposed regulations 28.1% 49.3% 5.1% 9.2% 8.3% Tax policy statements and studies 26.2% 47.8% 5.1% 10.1% 10.8% Resources on tax ethics and tax practice responsibilities 31% 44.3% 4% 8.7% 12% 4. Please add the following items to the Annual Tax Practice Guides and Checklists:

There were thousands of requests for items that should be added to our Annual Tax Practice Guides and Checklists product. These suggestions have been compiled and are being assigned resources to produce them.

5. In the past year, we started sending you Tax eAlerts every two weeks. These brief emails are intended to put tax news into a practice context, with links to source documents. Which of the following most closely reflects your current usage of the eAlerts?

Response Count % I am not receiving the eAlerts. 86...