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		<title>Sales tax holidays in 3 states</title>
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		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sales-tax-holidays-in-3-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memorial Day weekend shoppers in three states will get bigger bargains, thanks to sales tax holidays.]]></description>
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		<title>Congress continues IRS questioning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS faced a Ways and Means hearing on its handling of Tea Party tax-exempt applications. Now Senate Finance and House Oversight members get to ask questions.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS under siege</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fired commissioner. Congressional hearings. Scathing tax watchdog report. It has been a terrible week for the IRS. And the tough times won't stop any time soon.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS furloughs start May 24</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-furloughs-start-may-24/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-furloughs-start-may-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRS workers will face five, and possibly seven, unpaid days off this summer thanks to sequestration.]]></description>
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		<title>Fallout from IRS targeting Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fallout-from-irs-targeting-tea-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fallout-from-irs-targeting-tea-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax-exempt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRS workers targeted conservative groups in processing tax-exemption applications. Now the fun begins on Capitol Hill.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS will get warrants for emails</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-will-get-warrants-for-emails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-will-get-warrants-for-emails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 20:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fourth Amendment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search and seizure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service has made it official that it will not go snooping into your electronic communications without first obtaining a warrant.]]></description>
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		<title>Online sales tax closer</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/online-sales-tax-closer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketplace Fairness Act]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online sales tax collection]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would force online retailers to collect sales tax depending on where the buyer lives. But don't start budgeting for the added tax costs just yet.
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		<title>Be afraid: Debt ceiling looming</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/be-afraid-debt-ceiling-looming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/be-afraid-debt-ceiling-looming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What will congress do this time as we near the latest limit on U.S. borrowing? Who knows?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Homeowner tax breaks seem safe</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/homeowner-tax-breaks-seem-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/homeowner-tax-breaks-seem-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeownership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage interest deduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The House tax-writing committee recently held a hearing on homeownership tax breaks and how they fit into tax reform. Guess what. They're safe!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS vs. ID thieves: Crooks winning</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-vs-id-thieves-crooks-winning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-vs-id-thieves-crooks-winning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[id theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to identity thieves vs. the Internal Revenue Service, the crooks have the edge. For now. But the IRS says it's prevention efforts are making a difference.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS overpays billions in EITC claims</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-overpays-billions-in-eitc-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-overpays-billions-in-eitc-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earned income tax credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EITC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIGTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Despite a law requiring accountability for money that federal agencies pay out, the IRS has issued as much as $13.6 billion in improperly claimed earned income tax credits.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Happy Tax Freedom Day</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/happy-tax-freedom-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/happy-tax-freedom-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Freedom Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 18 is Tax Freedom Day 2013, the day that one tax research group says Americans have earned enough to pay all their annual tax obligations. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Top tax-cheating communities</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/top-tax-cheating-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/top-tax-cheating-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cheating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax gap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Taxpayer Advocate has identified the towns with the most tax cheats. But the bigger question is what causes people to fudge their tax filings?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax Day 2013 freebies</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-day-2013-freebies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-day-2013-freebies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free Tax Day deals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freebies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a great country or what? Everything, even filing our taxes, can be turned into a product promotion.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Other April 15 tax tasks</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/other-april-15-tax-tasks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/other-april-15-tax-tasks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roth IRA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=18278</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your 2012 tax return isn't the only thing due by April 15. You also have to deal with your IRA, HSA, estimated taxes and possibly a 2009 unclaimed refund by that date.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s budget and tax rehash</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/obamas-budget-and-tax-rehash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/obamas-budget-and-tax-rehash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deductions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estate tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's deja vu all over again when it comes to many of the tax provisions in President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Social media tax spying</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/social-media-tax-spying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/social-media-tax-spying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service reportedly will be looking at social media sites in the hopes of catching tax cheats. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sequester&#8217;s symbols and pain</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sequesters-symbols-and-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sequesters-symbols-and-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sequestration cuts are starting to be felt across the country, but Capitol Hill is stuck making purely symbolic gestures instead of reaching a financial solution.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The many uses for tax refunds</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/the-many-uses-for-tax-refunds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/the-many-uses-for-tax-refunds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Various tax refund surveys find Americans have many uses for their tax refunds, from saving it to paying basic necessities to paying down debt to splurging.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>NCAA winning bets are taxable</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ncaa-winning-bets-are-taxable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ncaa-winning-bets-are-taxable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basketball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gambling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gambling winnings you collect during March Madness, even as part of your office pool, are taxable income.]]></description>
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		<title>Taxes for same-sex couples</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/taxes-for-same-sex-couples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/taxes-for-same-sex-couples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two same-sex marriage cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week could determine the federal tax treatment of such couples.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax refund delays lead to lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-refund-delays-lead-to-lawsuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-refund-delays-lead-to-lawsuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refund lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[H&#038;R Block customers have filed lawsuits seeking redress for a filing snafu that has delayed receipt of their tax refunds. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS could knock out fighter</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-could-knock-out-fighter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-could-knock-out-fighter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixed martial arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UFC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter says he's never paid federal taxes. That admission could mean he's in for his toughest match ever. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax delays affecting FAFSA apps</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-delays-affecting-fafsa-apps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-delays-affecting-fafsa-apps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAFSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A problem in processing some tax returns is slowing student applications for financial aid, just as many are facing deadlines to request the school funds.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gun tax proposals proliferating</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gun-tax-proposals-proliferating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gun-tax-proposals-proliferating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sin tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weapons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Federal and state lawmakers are looking to taxes to help curb gun violence. Will this new sin tax work? Should we even try it?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gun-tax-proposals-proliferating/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is sequester affecting you?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/is-sequester-affecting-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/is-sequester-affecting-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequestration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The automatic budget cuts known as sequestration aren't making much of a dent in Americans' lives...yet. But you might want to make some plans to deal with the cuts just in case.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax refund products still a problem</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-refund-products-still-a-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-refund-products-still-a-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refund anticipation loan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Refund anticipation loans are almost a thing of the past, but other costly tax-related products, and predators, are still out there.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS to delay furloughs</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-to-delay-furloughs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-to-delay-furloughs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequestration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal tax agency won't be immune to temporarily laying off workers due to sequestration, but it will postpone action until after tax filing season ends.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sequester could delay tax refunds</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sequester-could-delay-tax-refunds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sequester-could-delay-tax-refunds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequestration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund holdup]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal furloughs because of sequestration could mean that the Internal Revenue Service's processing of returns, and refunds, will be slowed.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sequester-could-delay-tax-refunds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to retire the tax code?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/time-to-retire-the-tax-code/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/time-to-retire-the-tax-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal tax code is 100 this year. Is it time to retire it? Or perhaps finally reform it?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/time-to-retire-the-tax-code/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>Congress offers to cut its pay</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/congress-offers-to-cut-its-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/congress-offers-to-cut-its-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17428</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced bills that would cut their pay. Most are tied to deficit reduction. And they'll never pass.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/congress-offers-to-cut-its-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>125</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax relocation is a myth</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-relocation-is-a-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-relocation-is-a-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax rates play a part in people's decisions to move to a new state, but usually it's a very small reason for relocating.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-relocation-is-a-myth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gas tax hike on the horizon?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gas-tax-hike-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gas-tax-hike-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Roads are filled with pot holes. Bridges are crumbling. Is a federal gas tax hike imminent as a way to help pay for the repairs and new infrastructure works?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gas-tax-hike-on-the-horizon/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS still issuing paper bonds</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-still-issuing-paper-bonds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-still-issuing-paper-bonds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savings bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you use some of your tax refund to buy a savings bond, you can get the savings instrument as an actual, old-school piece of paper.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-still-issuing-paper-bonds/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Adding up sales tax deductions</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/adding-up-sales-tax-deductions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/adding-up-sales-tax-deductions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deductions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deducting your state sales taxes this filing season? You can use the IRS tables or you can add up the amounts on all those receipts you collected.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/adding-up-sales-tax-deductions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>FTC settles $15M tax scam</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ftc-settles-15m-tax-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ftc-settles-15m-tax-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax scam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Federal investigators wrapped up a two-year investigation into a tax-debt relief company with a settlement that should help repay some of the money lost by taxpayers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ftc-settles-15m-tax-scam/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax time is ID theft time</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-time-is-id-theft-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-time-is-id-theft-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[id theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers are sending in their 1040s. So are identity thieves, who steal taxpayer info and then submit fake returns before the real taxpayers send in their 1040s.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-time-is-id-theft-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reward card trims NJ taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/reward-card-trims-nj-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/reward-card-trims-nj-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[property tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reward card]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents of one New Jersey township now can trim their real estate tax bills simply by shopping at local merchants and swiping a new tax rewards card.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/reward-card-trims-nj-taxes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ruling poses new tax-filing snag</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ruling-poses-new-tax-filing-snag/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ruling-poses-new-tax-filing-snag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax preparers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=17016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As taxpayers look to finally file their 2012 returns, a lawsuit challenging IRS regulation of paid preparers is being fought.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A baby step toward tax reform</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/a-baby-step-toward-tax-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/a-baby-step-toward-tax-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The president touched lightly on tax reform in his second inaugural speech. Could his brief call to revamp the tax code be a step toward reform?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stop waiting for tax refunds</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/stop-waiting-for-tax-refunds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/stop-waiting-for-tax-refunds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[withholding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bummed because you're having to wait on the IRS to process your tax refund? Adjust your withholding so you'll have the money yourself year-round.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>2013 tax rates, income brackets</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/2013-tax-rates-income-brackets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/2013-tax-rates-income-brackets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income brackets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bright side to waiting until Jan. 30 for the IRS to accept 2012 tax returns: You can explore some of 2013's tax changes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/2013-tax-rates-income-brackets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>No end to tax code complexity</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-end-to-tax-code-complexity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-end-to-tax-code-complexity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxpayer Advocate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Taxpayer Relief Act made some tax laws permanent, but it also added more provisions that make filing even more complicated for some taxpayers.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-end-to-tax-code-complexity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS will accept returns Jan. 30</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-will-accept-returns-jan-30/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-will-accept-returns-jan-30/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2013 tax filing season will open eight days later than the Internal Revenue Service had planned, on Wednesday, Jan. 30.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-will-accept-returns-jan-30/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>A slight federal filing delay</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/a-slight-federal-filing-delay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/a-slight-federal-filing-delay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[e-filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because Congress didn't pass tax law changes affecting 2012 tax returns until Jan. 1, this year's filing process could be delayed.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/a-slight-federal-filing-delay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Fiscal cliff&#8217;s&#8217; surprising winners</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliffs-surprising-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliffs-surprising-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tax bill passed to keep us from falling off the "fiscal cliff" also contained some questionable tax breaks for certain unorthodox businesses.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliffs-surprising-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wealthy pay more under new tax bill</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/wealthy-pay-more-under-new-tax-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/wealthy-pay-more-under-new-tax-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress let us fall off the "fiscal cliff," but pulled us back on Jan. 1 with passage of a fiscal cliff tax bill that will cost wealthy taxpayers more.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/wealthy-pay-more-under-new-tax-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>Happy higher new year payroll tax</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/happy-higher-new-year-payroll-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/happy-higher-new-year-payroll-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 06:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FICA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 6.2 percent payroll tax amount returned on Jan. 1, meaning that workers will see smaller paychecks in 2013.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/happy-higher-new-year-payroll-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Fiscal cliff&#8217; political follies</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliff-political-follies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliff-political-follies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Capitol Hill High School. That's what Washington, D.C., looks like as the "fiscal cliff" fight drags on with politics, not policy, driving the debate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliff-political-follies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Danger! &#8216;Fiscal cliff&#8217; ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/danger-fiscal-cliff-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/danger-fiscal-cliff-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plan B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Republican House leaders canceled a vote on their so-called Plan B to keep us from falling off the "fiscal cliff" Jan. 1, 2013. Now what?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/danger-fiscal-cliff-ahead/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>GOP tax &#8216;plan B&#8217; just for show?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gop-tax-plan-b-just-for-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gop-tax-plan-b-just-for-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plan B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[House GOPers are expected to approve Speaker John Boehner's plan B. But it's just the latest for-show-only action in the "fiscal cliff" standoff.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/gop-tax-plan-b-just-for-show/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Added tax relief for Sandy victims?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/added-tax-relief-for-sandy-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/added-tax-relief-for-sandy-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[superstorm Sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressmen from areas hard hit by Superstorm Sandy are fighting to expand federal disaster tax relief for their constituents.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/added-tax-relief-for-sandy-victims/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Millions could face AMT issues</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/millions-could-face-amt-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/millions-could-face-amt-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative minimum tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressional inaction means 60 million taxpayers might have to deal with the complicated alternative minimum tax when they file their 2012 returns.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/millions-could-face-amt-issues/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Merry tax ID theft season</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/merry-tax-id-theft-season/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/merry-tax-id-theft-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax fraud]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Safeguard your personal information this holiday shopping season. It could be used at tax time to file a fake return and steal your refund.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/merry-tax-id-theft-season/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mileage deduction amounts for 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/mileage-deduction-amounts-for-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/mileage-deduction-amounts-for-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mileage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you use your auto for business, medical purposes or moving, you might be able to deduct miles traveled. In 2013, the amount rises.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/mileage-deduction-amounts-for-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>IRS seizes Lindsay Lohan accounts</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-seizes-lindsay-lohan-accounts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-seizes-lindsay-lohan-accounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[account seizure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lien]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn't been a good time of late for the troubled actress. Nightclub incidents, bad movie reviews and now IRS tax liens and account seizures.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-seizes-lindsay-lohan-accounts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Powerball winners include taxmen</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/powerball-winners-include-taxmen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/powerball-winners-include-taxmen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lottery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Owners of the two winning Powerball tickets will split the record $587.5 million jackpot. Federal and state tax collectors will get some of the winnings, too.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/powerball-winners-include-taxmen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax, consumer spending connection</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-consumer-spending-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-consumer-spending-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax increases]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Democrats and Republicans agree that tax hikes will hurt. But a new report says increasing taxes on the middle class would hurt the economy more.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-consumer-spending-connection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fiscal cliff fears</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliff-fears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliff-fears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Americans fear that the fiscal cliff will have a major effect on the U.S. economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliff-fears/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Employment misclassification costs</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/employment-misclassification-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/employment-misclassification-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Worker misclassification can lead to tax and labor law violations and cost wrongly categorized workers tax money and benefits. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/employment-misclassification-costs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forgiven debt or a gift?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/forgiven-debt-or-a-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/forgiven-debt-or-a-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancellation of debt income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgiven debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street's wants to help folks swamped by debt. But is the group's erasing of what's owed taxable forgiven debt income or merely a tax-free gift?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/forgiven-debt-or-a-gift/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beware Sandy charity scams</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/beware-sandy-charity-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/beware-sandy-charity-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16091</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Con artists are creating fake charities for Superstorm Sandy victims to steal donations or donors' identities.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/beware-sandy-charity-scams/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>California soda taxes fizzle</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/california-soda-taxes-fizzle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/california-soda-taxes-fizzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soda tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=16039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two California cities asked their residents on election day to approve a tax on soft drinks. Voters in both communities resoundingly said "no."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/california-soda-taxes-fizzle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sandy victims get special IRS treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sandy-victims-get-special-irs-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sandy-victims-get-special-irs-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service is offering Supserstorm Sandy victims special tax consideration when it comes to tax deadlines and recovery payments.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/sandy-victims-get-special-irs-treatment/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>CEO debt letter less than sincere?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceo-debt-letter-less-than-sincere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceo-debt-letter-less-than-sincere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some doubt the CEOs calling on Congress to deal with the federal debt will be willing to pay for a deal that raises their taxes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceo-debt-letter-less-than-sincere/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Disaster declarations for Sandy</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/disaster-declarations-for-sandy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/disaster-declarations-for-sandy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amended tax return]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disaster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live in an area that's been declared a major disaster, you have some tax-filing options and a chance to possible get some tax refund money sooner.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/disaster-declarations-for-sandy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>CEOs urge &#8216;fiscal cliff&#8217; action</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceos-urge-fiscal-cliff-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceos-urge-fiscal-cliff-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We're getting closer to the Jan. 1, 2013, fiscal cliff. Some CEOs have decided it's time for Congress to quit fighting and fix the financial and tax issues.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceos-urge-fiscal-cliff-action/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cutting out costly tax breaks</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/cutting-out-costly-tax-breaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/cutting-out-costly-tax-breaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earned income tax credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EITC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIGTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent government investigation found that refundable tax credits cost the U.S. billions. But so do all the tax breaks you and I claim.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/cutting-out-costly-tax-breaks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Saving more for retirement in 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/saving-more-for-retirement-in-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/saving-more-for-retirement-in-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roth IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're a baby boomer like me, you're worrying a bit more every day about when -- or whether -- you'll be able to retire.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/saving-more-for-retirement-in-2013/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Get ready for tax-debate rumble</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/get-ready-for-tax-debate-rumble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/get-ready-for-tax-debate-rumble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax plans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The second presidential debate could offer the best opportunity for a real rumble on tax policy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/get-ready-for-tax-debate-rumble/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Should tax debt go on credit reports?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/should-tax-debt-go-on-credit-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/should-tax-debt-go-on-credit-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit bureau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IRS is always exploring ways to collect what it's owed. Would reporting tax debts to the three credit bureaus help or hurt this effort?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/should-tax-debt-go-on-credit-reports/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax whistleblowers get millions</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-whistleblowers-get-millions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-whistleblowers-get-millions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cheats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whistleblower]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IRS Whistleblower Office has been paying out big time for information on tax cheats, including to those who were involved in the schemes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-whistleblowers-get-millions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>No new tax news in debate</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-new-tax-news-in-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-new-tax-news-in-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first debate face-off between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney yielded nothing new on either side when it came to tax policy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-new-tax-news-in-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fiscal cliff&#8217;s costly prospects</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliffs-costly-prospects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliffs-costly-prospects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Congress doesn't act soon after it returns to work in November to keep the country from going off the fiscal cliff, every taxpayer will pay a steep price.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/fiscal-cliffs-costly-prospects/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where do nontaxpayers live?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/where-do-nontaxpayers-live/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/where-do-nontaxpayers-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[47 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonpayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nontaxpayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Foundation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the nontaxpayers in the infamous 47 percent cited by Mitt Romney live in reliably Republican states in the South.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/where-do-nontaxpayers-live/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s tax deduction decision</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-deduction-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-deduction-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charitable donations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax deduction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney decided not to claim almost $2 million in charitable donations. Would you do the same?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-deduction-decision/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Everyone should pay some tax</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/everyone-should-pay-some-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/everyone-should-pay-some-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nontaxpayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you agree that laws should require everyone pay at least some taxes?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/everyone-should-pay-some-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Low taxes: No magic fix</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/low-taxes-no-magic-fix/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/low-taxes-no-magic-fix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital gains taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic indicators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lower top income tax rates don't necessarily lead to greater economic growth. In other words, there is no magic low-tax-rate bullet for the economy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/low-taxes-no-magic-fix/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Estimated tax due Sept. 17</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/estimated-tax-due-sept-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/estimated-tax-due-sept-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1040-ES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1040ES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estimated taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filing deadline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Because Sept. 15 is on Saturday this year, you get two extra days to send in your 1040-ES for the third quarter of 2012 earnings. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/estimated-tax-due-sept-17/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>No FICA on severance pay</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-fica-on-severance-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-fica-on-severance-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FICA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[severance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A court says severance pay isn't subject to FICA taxes. That's good news for laid off workers, but the final decision will probably come from the Supreme Court.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/no-fica-on-severance-pay/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax breaks for organ donors</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-breaks-for-organ-donors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-breaks-for-organ-donors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organ donor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax credit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax deduction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several states offer tax deductions or tax credits to organ donors, but it doesn't seem to have had much effect in increasing the donor pool.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-breaks-for-organ-donors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Follow work expense tax claim rules</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/follow-work-expense-tax-claim-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/follow-work-expense-tax-claim-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business expense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax deduction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=15032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The just-passed long Labor Day holiday got me thinking about work expenses and those extra amounts that you might be able to claim on your tax return. This is a nice tax break if you find you spend a large amount on qualifying items. Business expenses that could be of tax benefit include, befitting the]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/follow-work-expense-tax-claim-rules/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Home-sale tax rumor persists</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/home-sale-tax-rumor-persists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/home-sale-tax-rumor-persists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home sale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An online warning of an impending home-sale tax is only partially true and mostly misleading. Most homeowners won't owe this 3.8 percent health care related levy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/home-sale-tax-rumor-persists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>CEO pay outpaces company tax bills</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceo-pay-outpaces-company-tax-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceo-pay-outpaces-company-tax-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate executive pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refunds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-five of the highest-paid U.S. chief executives last year pocketed more in pay than their companies paid in federal income taxes.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/ceo-pay-outpaces-company-tax-bills/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mitt&#8217;s tax deduction targets</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/mitts-tax-deduction-targets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/mitts-tax-deduction-targets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deductions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The presumed Republican presidential candidate will provide specifics of his tax plan, but not until after he's elected.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/mitts-tax-deduction-targets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tax wealthy before cutting services</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-wealthy-before-cutting-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/tax-wealthy-before-cutting-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealthy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, everyone says they want tax change unless that change affects them.]]></description>
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		<title>IRS online tool helps with FAFSA</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-online-tool-helps-with-fafsa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-online-tool-helps-with-fafsa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FAFSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Application for Federal Student Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IRS has a new online data retrieval tool that transfers required tax data for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/irs-online-tool-helps-with-fafsa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will we ignore the Ryan plan?</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/will-we-ignore-the-ryan-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/will-we-ignore-the-ryan-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vice president]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has a lot of ideas about taxes. His new boss, however, would like for us to ignore them. Good luck with that!]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts sets tax holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/massachusetts-sets-tax-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/massachusetts-sets-tax-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts shoppers can pick up tax-free bargains Saturday, Aug. 11, and Sunday, Aug. 12. ]]></description>
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		<title>E-pay tax scam is back</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/e-pay-tax-scam-is-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/e-pay-tax-scam-is-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[identity theft]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A phishing scheme to steal identities by using EFTPS is once again showing up in email boxes. ]]></description>
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		<title>Senator proposes Olympic tax break</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/senator-proposes-olympic-tax-break/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/senator-proposes-olympic-tax-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prize money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olympic medalists earn a bit of cash, but the IRS still gets a cut. One senator wants to make the medals and honorariums tax-exempt.]]></description>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s tax audit issues</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-audit-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-audit-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney admitted the IRS has audited him. Do you think those questionable filings are why he doesn't want to reveal more of his tax returns?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Giving up difficult tax breaks</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/giving-up-difficult-tax-breaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/giving-up-difficult-tax-breaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[complicated taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever not taken a tax break because claiming it was just too darn difficult? Some companies say they have.]]></description>
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		<title>$21 trillion hidden offshore</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/21-trillion-hidden-offshore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/21-trillion-hidden-offshore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore account]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax amnesty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax haven]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The super-rich had at least $21 trillion hidden in secret tax havens worldwide at the end of 2010. And it's probably a low-ball amount.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s tax secrecy trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-secrecy-trouble/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/romneys-tax-secrecy-trouble/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential tax returns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is resisting releasing more than a couple of tax returns. Want to see what's on his 1040s?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amazon taxes here, on the way</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/amazon-taxes-here-on-the-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/amazon-taxes-here-on-the-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon began collecting sales tax from Texas purchases July 1.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hot temps, cool tax breaks</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/hot-temps-cool-tax-breaks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/hot-temps-cool-tax-breaks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax credit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bankrate.com/financing/?p=14116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Efforts to cope with record hot temperatures could also offer some possible tax savings.]]></description>
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		<title>Poll bolsters Obama tax plan</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/poll-bolsters-obama-tax-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/poll-bolsters-obama-tax-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bush tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealthy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The president's proposal to extend Bush tax cuts only to lower-income taxpayers is more popular ...]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alabama&#8217;s storm tax holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/alabamas-storm-tax-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/alabamas-storm-tax-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[severe weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tornado]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alabama residents can purchase many storm-related items tax-free July 6-8 as part of the state's first Severe Storm Sales Tax Holiday.
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Celebrity tax fireworks</title>
		<link>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/celebrity-tax-fireworks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bankrate.com/financing/taxes/celebrity-tax-fireworks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kay Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebrity taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What better way to celebrate our nation's birthday than with celebrity tax fireworks.]]></description>
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