PRESS RELEASE Of interest to editors and journalists covering: Business/Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, Tax Law, Software, IL News Advantax and Corporate Tax Compliance Announce Merger CHICAGO, IL and INDIANAPOLIS, IN - October 15, 2004 /Send2Press Newswire/ -- Advantax Group, LLC (www.advantax.com) and Corporate Tax Compliance, Inc. (www.corporate-tax.net) announced today a merger broadening the scope of comprehensive property tax services offered to the marketplace. Effective immediately, Corporate Tax Compliance (CTC) will transition their business into Advantax. The event was announced at the Advantax National Headquarters by David LeVan, President of Advantax Group, LLC and William Zelibor, President of Corporate Tax Compliance, Inc. *(Logo: http://www.Send2Press.com/photoSP/advantax.jpg) "CTC provides quality property tax compliance services to clients from a variety of industries including telecommunication, broadcasting and retail," said Zelibor. "By joining forces with Advantax, we can now offer our clients a full suite of property tax services and technologies, including personal property reverse audits, real estate property tax services, property tax appraisal and litigation services and software solutions." There are an estimated 80,000 taxing jurisdictions across the country with innumerable statutes, depreciation tables and valuation methodologies. As a direct result of the merger, the Advantax proprietary software, PTR by Advantax(R) (www.ptrbyadvantax.com) will process over 50,000 property tax returns annually for some of the largest corporations in America. "Our mission at Advantax is to provide comprehensive property tax solutions," said LeVan. "The new synergies created by CTC and Advantax will help us accomplish that mission by strengthening our compliance services. Coupled with our broad array of consulting services, this merger allows us to offer unrivaled property tax solutions for our clients." Advantax Group, LLC, now celebrating its 10th year, is a national firm with regional focus. Headquartered in St. Charles, IL with additional offices in Indianapolis, Atlanta, Dallas and San Diego, Advantax serves clients in all 50 states. Comprehensive services include consulting for real and personal property, compliance services, software solutions, and property tax appraisal and litigation services. For additional information, visit the Advantax website at http://www.advantax.com or contact Dean Andrews, Director of Business Development, at 630.587.9700. Media Contact: Dean Andrews of Advantax +1-630.587.9700 ext. 300 Fax: +1-630.587.9696 dandrews@advantax.com # # # [ Source of news = Advantax Group, LLC ] Ref: http://www.send2press.com/2archive/2004/pr04-101501-advantax.txt http://www.send2press.com/2archivePDF/pr04-101501-advantax.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- *IMPORTANT NOTE TO MEDIA: to reach the organization releasing this news, please contact: dandrews@advantax.com (media only) If used for publication, please send specimen copy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- S2PR-NB / 4C / IL / Chicago, Illinois. / U.S. English (en) Copr. (c) 2004 Send2Press Newswire. This release was issued on behalf of the above organization, who is solely responsible for accuracy of content, by Send2Press(TM), a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com [www.PRnetwire.com] references: ----------- Property Tax, Compliance, Property Tax Software, Compliance Software, Valuation, Property Tax Appraisal, Litigation Services, Property Tax Returns