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		<title>Small employer? Get the credit you deserve.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a small employer. . . With fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees? That pays an average wage of less than $50,000 a year? And pays at least half of employee health insurance premiums? . . .then there is a tax credit that may put money in your pocket. What You Need to <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1110&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets to Discovering Your Dream and Living It</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important rules of happiness in life is to do what you love. But discovering that dream job and what you are meant to do in life isn&#8217;t always so easy. Take a look at the happiest, most successful people on this planet: they are all doing something they love, creating something <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1108&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First-Time Homebuyer Credit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following paragraphs summarize the first-time homebuyer credit. For more details, see Form 5405 and its separate instructions. Who Can Claim the Credit In general, you may be able to claim the credit for a home purchased in 2011 if you are a first-time homebuyer or a long-time resident of the same main home (defined <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1105&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips to Help You Choose a Tax Preparer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRS TAX TIP 2012-06, January 10, 2012 Many people look for help from professionals when it’s time to file their tax return. If you use a paid tax preparer to file your return this year, the IRS urges you to choose that preparer wisely. Even if a return is prepared by someone else, the taxpayer <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1103&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Helpful Features on the IRS Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRS TAX TIP 2012-05, January 9, 2012 Navigate your way through the tax season online and skip waiting in line. All you need is a computer and Internet access because the IRS website has a wealth of free information and online tax support. Here are the top 10 reasons to visit www.irs.gov. Unlimited access &#8211; <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1101&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Items You Cannot Deduct as Real Estate Taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Source: IRS.GOV) The following items are not deductible as real estate taxes. Charges for services. An itemized charge for services to specific property or people is not a tax, even if the charge is paid to the taxing authority. You cannot deduct the charge as a real estate tax if it is: A unit fee <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1096&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be Scammed by Cyber Criminals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRS TAX TIP 2012-08, January 12, 2012 The Internal Revenue Service receives thousands of reports each year from taxpayers who receive suspicious emails, phone calls, faxes or notices claiming to be from the IRS. Many of these scams fraudulently use the IRS name or logo as a lure to make the communication appear more authentic <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1094&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Equal access to homeownership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King fought for equal and civil rights, which included the notion of the right to equal housing for all. These instilled rights create and maintain a world, according to King, “where black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics … sons of former slaves and sons of former slave owners, <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1092&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Housing Inventory Snapshot</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Inventory Snapshot December 31, 2011 &#160; Average List Price Median List Price Average Days On Market District of Columbia (DC), DC Single Family under $1M $383,845 $299,999 109 Single Family over $1M $2,952,533 $2,100,000 163 Condo/Townhome under $600K $305,764 $289,000 119 Condo/Townhome over $600K $1,332,513 $995,000 154 Anne Arundel County, MD Single Family under <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1090&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Listening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No wonder listening is an undervalued art. Research shows that we speak at a rate of about 125 words per minute, yet we have the capacity to listen to approximately 400 words per minute. So what are we doing with that extra space in our minds when someone else is talking? Are we really listening? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=algrantsblog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10836031&amp;post=1086&amp;subd=algrantsblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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