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		<title>Health Care Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In March of 2010, Congress enacted the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 – arguably the largest reorganization of the U.S. health care system in our country’s history. Many of these provisions will be phased in over time and, in light of the mid-term elections, some may be revised or repealed before they can go into effect. Even so, business owners, employers, and individuals need to plan ahead for the tax impacts of this legislation. Below is a summary of its key provisions.

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		<title>2010 Year End Tax Planning Tips: Volume 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the end of the year approaches, now is the time for any professionals and business owners to implement changes that can cut taxes in 2010 and 2011.  In Volume 2 of the 2010 Year End Tax Planning Tips, we will look at different employee benefits small business owners can take advantage of to reduce their tax bill.]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Year End Tax Tips: Volume 1</title>
		<link>http://shannonpopecpa.com/blog/?p=46</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the end of the year approaches, now is the time for any professionals and business owners to implement changes that can cut taxes in 2010 and 2011. Over the course of the next several weeks (leading into December), we are going to write a series of articles with different tax planning tips.  This first article is devoted to Tax Law Change and General Tax Planning. ]]></description>
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		<title>Increased Audit Activity Looming: Meals &amp; Entertainment and Business Mileage</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you deduct Meals (as a form of entertainment) expenses (“M&#038;E”) or Business Mileage on your tax return (either for a business you operate or as an un-reimbursed employee expense), you might want to pay close attention: The IRS is beefing up their audit activity of “low hanging” fruit in an effort to raise some revenue.  M&#038;E expenses and business mileage have made it to the short list of low hanging fruit.]]></description>
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		<title>If your Business is Audited, what will the Auditor look for?</title>
		<link>http://shannonpopecpa.com/blog/?p=20</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A list of items that an IRS auditor will look at other than your Financial Statements.]]></description>
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