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Supergood | Wolters Kluwer CCH AnswerConnect API

Alex Klarfeld

Alex Klarfeld

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Supergood | Wolters Kluwer CCH AnswerConnect API

Programmatically access tax research content, primary law, state-by-state comparison tools, and update alerts from CCH AnswerConnect with a stable REST API. Supergood builds and operates production-grade, unofficial CCH AnswerConnect integrations so your team can automate regulatory intelligence, change management, and audit workflows without heavy custom engineering.

Plain English: CCH AnswerConnect is a Wolters Kluwer tax research platform used by tax, accounting, and compliance professionals to navigate federal and state tax law, interpretive guidance, news, and practice tools. An unofficial API lets you programmatically search and retrieve authoritative documents (explanations, statutes, regulations, cases, IRS/Treasury guidance), build state-by-state SmartCharts, pull news and update alerts, and attach your own notes and identifiers for downstream use.

For a tech company integrating with CCH AnswerConnect, this means you can ingest current guidance and change events into your GRC or regtech product, map citations to controls, trigger remediation tasks when rules change, generate jurisdictional matrices inside your app, and enrich audit workpapers with authoritative references. You can keep policy libraries in sync, automate client-ready compliance checklists, and feed risk registers in tools like ServiceNow GRC or Archer with real-time changes.

What is Wolters Kluwer CCH AnswerConnect?

Wolters Kluwer CCH AnswerConnect (https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/solutions/cch-answerconnect) is a cloud-based tax research platform that centralizes authoritative content and practical tools for tax professionals. It combines primary law (Internal Revenue Code, Treasury Regulations, cases, rulings), expert analysis and explanations, state and local tax (SALT) content, topical navigators, SmartCharts for quick comparisons, and daily news/updates.

Core product areas include:

  • Research Library (Federal and State Tax: Code, Regs, Cases, Rulings, Agency Guidance)
  • Expert Analysis & Explanations (Topical commentary, practice guidance, examples)
  • SmartCharts & Tools (State-by-state comparison charts, calculators, client letters, checklists)
  • News & Alerts (Daily tax news, legislative and regulatory trackers, update alerts)
  • Citations & Linking (CCH Citator references, cross-document linking, related topics)
  • Personalization (Saved searches, bookmarks, notes, alerts)

Common data entities:

  • Users, Roles/Permissions (Firm users, access entitlements by content set)
  • Documents (explanations, primary law, news, tools) with IDs, titles, jurisdictions, citations
  • Topics & Taxonomy (subject areas, tags, practice areas)
  • Jurisdictions (Federal, State/Local with ISO/USPS codes)
  • SmartCharts (topic key, jurisdictions, columns, as-of date)
  • Alerts/Events (legislative updates, new guidance, editorial changes)
  • Saved Searches, Bookmarks, Notes (user-level artifacts)

The CCH AnswerConnect Integration Challenge

Tax research platforms are designed for human-in-the-loop workflows, and turning them into reliable, API-driven automations has nuances:

  • Entitlements & Licensing: Access varies by subscription (federal, SALT modules, specialties); responses must respect role-based permissions
  • Portal-First Features: Search, SmartCharts, and notes are optimized for interactive use, not headless ingestion
  • Complex Search & Citations: Faceted search, cross-references, and document versions require careful normalization
  • Authentication Complexity: SSO/MFA and session lifecycles complicate automation at firm scale
  • High-Frequency Updates: Laws, guidance, and editorial content change frequently; consumers need incremental sync and change detection
  • Content Formats: HTML-first documents with embedded citations and tables need consistent parsing for downstream systems

How Supergood Creates CCH AnswerConnect APIs

Supergood reverse-engineers authenticated browser flows and network interactions to deliver a resilient API endpoint layer for your CCH AnswerConnect tenant.

  • Handles username/password, SSO/OAuth, and MFA (SMS, email, TOTP) securely
  • Maintains session continuity with automated refresh and change detection
  • Normalizes search results, document structures, and SmartCharts into consistent schemas
  • Honors entitlements and role-based permissions for compliant access to licensed content

Use Cases

Regulatory Intelligence & Control Mapping

  • Search and ingest authoritative documents tied to your risk/control framework
  • Map citations (e.g., IRC, Treasury Regs, state statutes) to specific controls
  • Maintain audit trails linking policies/procedures to the latest authoritative sources

State-by-State Compliance Automation

  • Build SmartCharts for topics like nexus thresholds, withholding, or filing deadlines
  • Embed jurisdictional matrices in your regtech product for client comparisons
  • Generate client letters/checklists with authoritative references and effective dates

Audit Readiness & Evidence Management

  • Attach authoritative excerpts and citations to audit workpapers automatically
  • Track effective dates and versions of guidance to support positions taken
  • Surface related documents and analysis within audit procedures

Real-Time Alerts & Change Management

  • Subscribe to alerts for keywords, topics, or jurisdictions
  • Trigger workflows in ServiceNow GRC, Archer, or your platform when updates land
  • Route changes to owners and track remediation with due dates and evidence links

Available Endpoints

Authentication

POST /sessions: Establish a session using credentials. Supergood manages MFA (SMS, email, TOTP) and SSO/OAuth when enabled. Returns a short-lived auth token maintained by the platform.

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.supergood.ai/integrations/<integration_id>/sessions \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <Base64 encoded token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "username": "[email protected]",
    "password": "<password>",
    "mfa": { "type": "totp", "code": "123456" }
  }'

Example response

{
  "authToken": "eyJhbGciOi...",
  "expiresIn": 3600,
  "user": {
    "id": "u_cch_9f2a10",
    "name": "Senior Tax Analyst",
    "entitlements": ["federal", "state", "smartcharts", "news_alerts"]
  }
}

POST /sessions/refresh: Refresh an existing token to keep sessions uninterrupted.

GET /research/documents: Search across explanations, primary law, and news with filters and summary details.

Query parameters

  • query: string (keywords, citations)
  • contentTypes: comma-separated values of explanation | primary_law | news | tool
  • jurisdictions: comma-separated US state codes or "federal"
  • taxYears: comma-separated integers (e.g., 2023,2024)
  • updatedFrom, updatedTo: ISO 8601 timestamps
  • sort: relevance | newest
  • page, pageSize: integers for pagination

Example

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.supergood.ai/integrations/<integration_id>/research/documents?query=section%20174%20amortization&contentTypes=explanation,primary_law&jurisdictions=federal&sort=relevance&page=1&pageSize=25' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <authToken>'

Example response

{
  "items": [
    {
      "documentId": "doc_expl_7ad21f",
      "title": "Amortization of Specified Research or Experimental Expenditures (Sec. 174)",
      "type": "explanation",
      "jurisdiction": "federal",
      "citations": [
        {"type": "IRC", "cite": "IRC §174"},
        {"type": "Reg", "cite": "Reg. §1.174-1"}
      ],
      "snippet": "For tax years beginning after 12/31/2021, Sec. 174 requires capitalization and amortization of specified R&E expenditures...",
      "effectiveDate": "2022-01-01",
      "lastUpdated": "2026-01-10T15:32:11Z",
      "url": "https://answerconnect.cch.com/document/doc_expl_7ad21f"
    },
    {
      "documentId": "doc_law_91b2ce",
      "title": "Internal Revenue Code §174: Research and Experimental Expenditures",
      "type": "primary_law",
      "jurisdiction": "federal",
      "citations": [
        {"type": "IRC", "cite": "IRC §174"}
      ],
      "snippet": "(a) In general.—A taxpayer shall treat specified research or experimental expenditures as chargeable to capital account...",
      "effectiveDate": "2022-01-01",
      "lastUpdated": "2025-12-15T09:00:00Z",
      "url": "https://answerconnect.cch.com/document/doc_law_91b2ce"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "pageSize": 25,
  "total": 2
}

Document Detail

GET /documents/{documentId}: Retrieve full document content, citations, and versioning metadata.

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.supergood.ai/integrations/<integration_id>/documents/doc_expl_7ad21f \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <authToken>'

Example response

{
  "documentId": "doc_expl_7ad21f",
  "title": "Amortization of Specified Research or Experimental Expenditures (Sec. 174)",
  "type": "explanation",
  "jurisdiction": "federal",
  "breadcrumbs": ["Federal", "Deductions & Credits", "Research & Development"],
  "citations": [
    {"type": "IRC", "cite": "IRC §174"},
    {"type": "Reg", "cite": "Reg. §1.174-1"},
    {"type": "Case", "cite": "TechCo v. Commissioner, 158 T.C. 12 (2025)"}
  ],
  "effectiveDate": "2022-01-01",
  "versions": [
    {"effectiveFrom": "2022-01-01", "effectiveTo": null, "revisionId": "rev_2026_01_10"},
    {"effectiveFrom": "2023-07-15", "effectiveTo": "2025-12-31", "revisionId": "rev_2025_12_31"}
  ],
  "contentHtml": "<h1>Sec. 174 Amortization</h1><p>For tax years beginning after 12/31/2021 ...</p>",
  "relatedDocuments": [
    {"documentId": "doc_law_91b2ce", "title": "IRC §174", "type": "primary_law"},
    {"documentId": "doc_news_77df80", "title": "IRS releases additional Sec. 174 guidance", "type": "news"}
  ],
  "lastUpdated": "2026-01-10T15:32:11Z"
}

SmartCharts

POST /smartcharts/build: Generate a state-by-state comparison chart for a given topic as of a specific date.

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.supergood.ai/integrations/<integration_id>/smartcharts/build \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <authToken>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "topicKey": "sales_tax_nexus_thresholds",
    "jurisdictions": ["CA", "NY", "TX", "FL"],
    "asOfDate": "2026-01-20",
    "columns": ["Threshold Type", "Dollar Threshold", "Transaction Threshold", "Lookback Period"]
  }'

Example response

{
  "chartId": "sc_7b1c4e",
  "topicKey": "sales_tax_nexus_thresholds",
  "asOfDate": "2026-01-20",
  "columns": ["Jurisdiction", "Threshold Type", "Dollar Threshold", "Transaction Threshold", "Lookback Period"],
  "rows": [
    {"jurisdiction": "CA", "values": {"Threshold Type": "Either", "Dollar Threshold": "$500,000", "Transaction Threshold": "NA", "Lookback Period": "Current + prior year"}},
    {"jurisdiction": "NY", "values": {"Threshold Type": "Either", "Dollar Threshold": "$500,000", "Transaction Threshold": "100", "Lookback Period": "Current + prior year"}},
    {"jurisdiction": "TX", "values": {"Threshold Type": "Either", "Dollar Threshold": "$500,000", "Transaction Threshold": "NA", "Lookback Period": "12 months"}},
    {"jurisdiction": "FL", "values": {"Threshold Type": "Either", "Dollar Threshold": "$100,000", "Transaction Threshold": "NA", "Lookback Period": "Previous calendar year"}}
  ],
  "download": {
    "csvUrl": "https://api.supergood.ai/downloads/sc_7b1c4e.csv",
    "xlsxUrl": "https://api.supergood.ai/downloads/sc_7b1c4e.xlsx"
  },
  "generatedAt": "2026-01-21T12:04:55Z"
}

Alerts & Updates

GET /alerts/events: Retrieve recent news and update events for topics and jurisdictions your tenant is subscribed to.

Query parameters

  • since: ISO 8601 timestamp (required)
  • jurisdictions: comma-separated US state codes or "federal" (optional)
  • eventTypes: comma-separated values of news | legislative | regulatory | editorial (optional)
  • page, pageSize: integers for pagination

Example

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://api.supergood.ai/integrations/<integration_id>/alerts/events?since=2026-01-01T00%3A00%3A00Z&eventTypes=news,regulatory&jurisdictions=federal,CA&page=1&pageSize=50' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <authToken>'

Example response

{
  "items": [
    {
      "eventId": "evt_news_82aa1f",
      "type": "news",
      "title": "IRS issues additional guidance on Section 174 capitalization",
      "summary": "New FAQs clarify treatment of software development costs...",
      "documentId": "doc_news_77df80",
      "jurisdiction": "federal",
      "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T09:15:00Z",
      "url": "https://answerconnect.cch.com/document/doc_news_77df80"
    },
    {
      "eventId": "evt_reg_31b77c",
      "type": "regulatory",
      "title": "California updates withholding tables for 2026",
      "summary": "FTB releases revised tables effective 1/1/2026...",
      "documentId": "doc_reg_ca_1203",
      "jurisdiction": "CA",
      "publishedAt": "2026-01-05T13:40:22Z",
      "url": "https://answerconnect.cch.com/document/doc_reg_ca_1203"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "pageSize": 50,
  "total": 2
}

Get full API Specs →

Technical Specifications

  • Authentication: Username/password with MFA (SMS, email, TOTP) and SSO/OAuth where enabled; supports service accounts or customer-managed credentials
  • Response format: JSON with consistent schemas and pagination across search, documents, charts, and alerts
  • Rate limits: Tuned for enterprise throughput while honoring customer entitlements and fair-use controls
  • Session management: Automatic reauth and cookie/session rotation with health checks
  • Data freshness: Near real-time retrieval of research results, document details, SmartCharts, and alerts
  • Security: Encrypted transport, scoped tokens, and audit logging; respects CCH AnswerConnect role-based permissions and content licensing
  • Webhooks: Optional asynchronous delivery for high-signal events (e.g., new guidance, legislative changes)

Performance Characteristics

  • Latency: Sub-second responses for list/detail queries under normal load
  • Throughput: Designed for high-volume research ingestion and SmartChart generation across many jurisdictions
  • Reliability: Retry logic, backoff, and idempotency keys minimize duplicate actions
  • Adaptation: Continuous monitoring for UI/network changes with rapid adapter updates

Getting Started

  1. Schedule Integration Assessment

Book a 30-minute session to confirm your modules, licensing, and authentication model.

  1. Supergood Builds and Validates Your API

We deliver a hardened CCH AnswerConnect adapter tailored to your workflows and entitlements.

  1. Deploy with Monitoring

Go live with continuous monitoring and automatic adjustments as CCH AnswerConnect evolves.

Schedule Integration Call →

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Which CCH AnswerConnect modules can this integration cover?

Supergood supports workflows across commonly used modules such as Federal and State research (primary law and explanations), SmartCharts (state-by-state comparisons), and News/Alerts, subject to your licensing and entitlements. We scope coverage during integration assessment.

Q: How are MFA and SSO handled for automation?

We support username/password + MFA (SMS, email, TOTP) and can operate behind SSO/OAuth when enabled. Sessions are refreshed automatically with secure challenge handling.

Q: Can you push or map citations into our GRC platform?

Yes. We normalize citations and document metadata so you can map them to controls, policies, and risks in platforms like ServiceNow GRC or Archer, with updates delivered via webhooks or polling.

Q: How do you respect licensing and role-based permissions?

We align with your firm’s entitlements and only surface content you’re licensed to access. All access runs under authenticated sessions tied to your tenant and role.

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