Wolters Kluwer Canada (previously known as CCH Canadian Limited) is one of the four operating units of
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting. Wolters Kluwer Canada is a provider in the area of
tax,
accounting
Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...
,
law,
human resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include m ...
and
financial plan
In general usage, a financial plan is a comprehensive evaluation of an individual's current pay and future financial state by using current known variables to predict future income, asset values and withdrawal plans. This often includes a bud ...
ning.
History
Wolters Kluwer Canada can trace its origins back to 1931 when, as the Kingsland Company, it was responsible for numerous insurance and legal publications.
In 1939 the Kingsland Company became the exclusive distributor in Canada for
Commerce Clearing House Inc.'s loose leaf publication Canadian Tax Reports in three volumes. In 1945 the Kingsland Company and CCH jointly formed CCH Canadian Limited. In 1950, Mr. Kingsland sold his interest in the company and CCH Canadian Limited became a wholly owned affiliate of Commerce Clearing House, Inc.
In 1979, CCH Canadian acquired Formules Municipales Ltée (FM), a Quebec-based company which had been supplying forms and stationery requirements of the municipalities and school boards of Quebec since 1886. "FM" was renamed Publications CCH Ltée in 1996 and was becoming one of the largest publishers of legislative information outside the Quebec government, producing French language products and reporting on Quebec provincial laws and regulations which are based on French Civil Law.
CCH Incorporated was purchased by Wolters Kluwer, the Dutch publishing company on November 27, 1995. Wolters Kluwer's core publishing markets include legal, tax and business, health, science, and education, in 26 countries, as well as North America. It has over 19,000 employees worldwide. On January 1, 1996, CCH Incorporated became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer NV (Amsterdam).
In July, 1998 WK acquired SoftKey, a tax compliance software company. Now located in
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional count ...
, Quebec, the tax compliance products Cantax and TaxPrep (software for preparing tax returns) formed the backbone of CCH's Tax Compliance products. These software products simplify compliance for tax practitioners, preparing tax returns for all federal and provincial/territorial jurisdictions.
In September 2000, CCH acquired Portfolio Publishing financial planning software products.
See also
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CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada
''CCH Canadian Ltd v Law Society of Upper Canada'', 0041 SCR 339,''CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada'', 0041 SCR 339 'CCH''/ref> is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada case that established the threshold of originality and the boun ...
References
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Book publishing companies of Canada
Legal research
Taxation in Canada