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Research that shows its work.

Ask a tax question in plain words. Virtus searches the primary sources, writes an answer that cites them sentence by sentence, and opens every citation on its page.

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How it works

From a question to its page.

Five moves, from the question you type to the page the answer stands on.

  1. [01] Ask

    Ask the way you would ask a colleague.

    Plain words, a Code section, a document number or a citation. Choose the collections to search, or leave all four on.

  2. [02] Search

    Virtus reads the library for you.

    It searches written determinations, the Code, the regulations and revenue procedures, and sets aside what does not bear on the question.

  3. [03] Answer

    The answer arrives with its citations.

    Each sentence carries a numbered citation to the source it stands on, so you can see the support before you rely on it.

  4. [04] Check

    A sentence without support does not survive.

    Before the answer is shown, every sentence is checked against the passage it cites. What the source does not support is removed.

  5. [05] Open the page

    Every citation opens on its page.

    Select a citation and the source opens beside the answer at the cited page, the passage marked and the authority in view.

Try it

Carry an answer into the work.

Start from a cited answer. Draft a memo paragraph, test a sentence the sources do not support, or keep the work in a project.
Missed QSub electionsIllustrative · a scripted example, not a live search

Did the IRS give more time for the missed QSub elections?

The IRS concluded that the taxpayer met the requirements for more time under §§ 301.9100-1 and 301.9100-3 to make QSub elections it had missed for six subsidiaries. 1

Choose what to do with this answer.

The workspace

The real thing, in four views.

The same moves in the product itself: four views captured from the sample workspace.
Virtus · ResearchSample workspace · illustrative data
A research conversation in the sample workspace: a question about missed QSub elections, an answer citing IRS Private Letter Ruling 202627005 with numbered citations, and the composer for a follow-up.

Ask, and read an answer that cites its sources.

Put the question in plain words. The answer comes back with numbered citations to the documents it relies on, and the conversation stays where you left it.

Virtus · ResearchSample workspace · illustrative data
The Source library in the sample workspace, listing results for a search with each document’s publisher and status.

Search the collection by citation, number or topic.

Look up a ruling, a Code section, a regulation or a revenue procedure directly. Each result keeps its publisher and authority in view.

See what the library covers
Virtus · ResearchSample workspace · illustrative data
Citation 1 opened beside the conversation in the sample workspace: IRS Private Letter Ruling 202627005 at page 4, with the conclusion passage marked and the ruling’s nonprecedential status.

Open a citation and inspect the passage.

Select a numbered citation and the source opens beside the answer, at the exact page, with the quoted passage and its authority status.

Follow the workflow
Virtus · ResearchSample workspace · illustrative data
A private project in the sample workspace with its conversation about the missed QSub elections and the ruling its answer cites, PLR 202627005.

Keep the research with the work.

File the conversation in a private project. The project lists the sources its answers cite, and you can keep others there for the same client or issue.

Around the answer

Everything the answer needs next.

Research rarely ends at one answer. These are the parts of the workspace that carry it into the work.

  • Source library

    Look up a ruling, a section or a procedure by number, citation or topic, with its publisher and status beside it.

  • Memos

    Draft from cited answers. Research additions arrive as changes to accept or reject, and their citations come with them.

  • Projects

    Keep a matter’s chats, sources and memos together in a private project, and archive it when the work is done.

  • Sharing

    Share a conversation with a named colleague. They open the same answer and the same cited pages.

  • Working copy

    Highlight the passage you rely on and download a PDF with your marks. The original stays as published.

  • Clear limits

    When nothing in the library supports an answer, Virtus says so instead of guessing.

How a sentence gets its citation Check source coverage

Bring a real question.

Open the workspace with your own question, or walk through it with us.
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