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		<title>More Bad News for RALs</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/09/03/more-bad-news-for-rals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bad news keeps coming for the refund anticipation loan industry. And that's good.]]></description>
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		<title>Get Credit for Education</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/27/get-credit-for-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Taxation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An IRS release gives basics on the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which lets people save on taxes when paying college expenses.]]></description>
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		<title>Strange Times for Investors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally bonds are relatively safe, and individual investors flock to stocks when the market goes up, but these are strange times for investors.]]></description>
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		<title>Withdrawals That Cause Hardship</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/23/hardship-withdrawals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[401k]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many people are taking hardship distributions without realizing that they can cause more hardship than they relieve.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Wrapup</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/20/friday-wrapup-10/</link>
		<comments>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/20/friday-wrapup-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrapup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's little tax news this week, but a couple of items of interest to those in the tax profession.]]></description>
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		<title>FTD Goes Paperless</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/20/ftd-goes-paperless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS Guidance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning next year all federal tax deposits will have to be made electronically.]]></description>
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		<title>Return Preparers to Pay $64.25</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/19/return-preparers-to-pay-64-25/</link>
		<comments>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/19/return-preparers-to-pay-64-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Guidance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax professionals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All compensated tax return preparers will have to pay a $64.25 user fee in connection with a registration requirement that applies to returns prepared after 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Wrapup</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/13/friday-wrapup-9/</link>
		<comments>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/13/friday-wrapup-9/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News and features on taxes and investing for the week of August 13.]]></description>
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		<title>California Asks for IRS Guidance on Same-Sex Couples</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/12/california-same-sex-tax-ruling/</link>
		<comments>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/12/california-same-sex-tax-ruling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The California legislature has passed a resolution calling on the IRS to issue guidance respecting the state's community property law as applied to same-sex couples.]]></description>
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		<title>Does the IRS Owe You?</title>
		<link>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/11/does-the-irs-owe-you/</link>
		<comments>http://fairmark.com/2010/08/11/does-the-irs-owe-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaye Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS Guidance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here's information you can use if you haven't received a tax refund to which you're entitled.]]></description>
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