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		<title>New Tax Resources</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fellow readers,
I am sorry that I have not had the time to update this blog regularly.   I have decided the best thing for both myself and my readers is to provide you with the following new tax resources:
Read the past posts, questions and answers to my tax tips blog via this search engine:












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		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/05/05/new-tax-resources/</link>
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		<title>Help Joe the Plumber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry I haven&#8217;t posted, things are real busy this time of year.  I wanted to make sure everyone saw this YouTube video, made by Joe The Plumber.  He is on a mission to abolish the IRS and needs your help to do it.  He charges $0.99 a vote (vote at IRSvote.com) so he can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/04/06/help-joe-the-plumber/</link>
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		<title>Convert Personal Residence to Rental</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark writes:  Hi Gina!  I have a tax question for you.
Here is my question:
My wife and I bought a condo back in 1999 for $75,000.  We lived in it as our primary residence for 4 years until 2003.  We then started to rent it out. At the time we started to rent it out it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/02/18/convert-personal-residence-to-rental/</link>
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		<title>Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gary asks:Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 lets Filers claim $500 for Individual Filers and $1000 for Joint Filers for those that don&#8217;t itemize their deductions. You simply add the $500 or $1000 to the Standard Deduction Amount.  My Question is does this also apply to those that are Married filing Seperately?


My reply: Hello!  Thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/02/15/housing-assistance-tax-act-of-2008/</link>
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		<title>Multiple Severance Pay Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kemal writes:Hello,
I have received a severance pay for a year in a lump sum and my company withhold just 25 %. I think this is too less considering my total income for 2008 even though my company knows that the total income including severance would be count for a much higher tax rate? Do I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/02/08/multiple-severance-pay-questions/</link>
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		<title>Taxability of Expense Sharing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Megan writes: I am a home owner and a friend has been living with me.  We do not have a rental agreement, but we did discuss an amount that he could pay to contribute to the costs.  Do I need to report this as income?  He does not report it as an expense on his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/01/31/taxability-of-expense-sharing/</link>
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		<title>Seaman&#8217;s Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kristy writes: Ms. Gina
My husband works for a tug boat company in Mississippi. some of the guys he works with have told us about something called a Seaman&#8217;s Tax. They said that we can get our money back for the food he buys while out on the water for hours on in, for his tools we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/01/31/seamans-tax/</link>
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		<title>Deemed Distribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dawn writes:  If I inadvertently deposited the class action settlement check from a Traditional IRA into my personal account, do I have 60 days to move the money to my IRA to avoid taxation?
My reply:Hello Dawn, thanks for visiting. 
I&#8217;m sorry to say that I am not aware of a provision that allows you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/01/22/deemed-distribution/</link>
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		<title>1099 vs W2?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike asks:  My name is Michael and am in need of some help. The company i work for just proposed switching me from a W2 to a 1099. I currently earn 24k a year gross salary but they want to cut my pay to what i make net and have me as 1099. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/01/21/1099-vs-w2/</link>
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		<title>Preparing Your Own Taxes?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re planning on preparing your own tax return this year and you&#8217;re looking for some software to help you, I may have a solution for you&#8230;.
I&#8217;m offering online filing through my software company beginning today, January 15, 2009.  
It&#8217;s interview style very much like TurboTax for a fraction of the price.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://glgcpa.com/blog/2009/01/15/preparing-your-own-taxes/</link>
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