Article relevant to the federal tax area and the article must come from an academic or professional accounting or taxation JOURNAL from 2016 or 2015. It cannot come from a trade journal, or from a newspaper article, or from an Internet article, or from the Wall Street Journal or a business or finance magazine. The title of the journal must include the word JOURNAL, such as THE CPA JOURNAL, THE JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY, THE JOURNAL OF TAXATION, etc.
Also, the article must be at least 8 pages long (7 is no good). A portion of the grading on each brief will be based on writing (e.g., grammar, spelling) and readability.