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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Yahoo! Finance: Tax News</title><link>http://biz.yahoo.com/topic/taxes/</link><description>The latest news on Taxes from Yahoo! Finance</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:08:47 Etc/GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif</url><title>Yahoo! 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Craving those thin mint or shortbread cookies sold by the Girl Scouts? Run a business?</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1897176046</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 20:13:22 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ALL BUSINESS: Big pay for Fannie, Freddie CEOs (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100108/us_all_business.html?.v=2</link><description>As the nation&apos;s thoughts turned to eggnog and gift-giving on Christmas Eve, the news hit: &quot;Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac executive compensation significantly reduced.&quot;</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3212943275</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 16:20:34 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paterson: Change how NY gives business tax breaks (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100108/us_job_creation_ny.html?.v=2</link><description>The Paterson administration wants to change the way New York businesses get tax breaks for job creation, proposing credits for research and development, capital investment and payroll costs for new jobs in high technology, biotechnology, clean energy, finance and manufacturing.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2493424016</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:16:54 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tax Strategies for the Newly Self-Employed (BusinessWeek)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/100108/1003b4163065985047.html?.v=1</link><description>If you&apos;re a staffer turned contingent worker, you need to rethink your business status, retirement funding, and deductions</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/188265835</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:08:41 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Frank: Fed&apos;s Role in AIG &apos;Troubling&apos; (BusinessWeek)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/100108/jan2010db2010018994080.html?.v=1</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1111879315</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:08:41 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Geithner&apos;s New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure (BusinessWeek)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/100108/jan2010db2010017529176.html?.v=1</link><description>The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then led by Timothy Geithner, told AIG to withhold details from the public about the bailed-out insurer&apos;s payments to banks, e-mails show</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/20278826</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 13:08:41 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ask AP: Homebuyer tax break, texting while driving (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100108/ask_ap.html?.v=3</link><description>The federal homebuyers&apos; tax credit is a great opportunity to save thousands of dollars when you buy a house. But don&apos;t expect to get the credit if the seller is a member of the family.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3540641856</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:17:19 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2009-2010 estate and gift tax amounts (Bankrate.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/100108/8114175.html?.v=1</link><description>Know that your generosity is not the generosity of the IRS; you may have to pay taxes on it.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/456276957</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tax valuation guide for donated goods (Bankrate.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/100108/8114204.html?.v=1</link><description>Remember, only items in good or better condition are accepted.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/555820918</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paying quarterly estimated taxes (Bankrate.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/100108/8114192.html?.v=1</link><description>If you must file estimated taxes throughout the year, your first voucher of 2010 is due Jan. 15.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2262500180</guid><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gifts to charity pay off on your taxes (Bankrate.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/brn/100108/8139698.html?.v=1</link><description>Your gifts to charity can do more than make you feel good. 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Jim Douglas devoted nearly half of his final State of the State address Thursday to reforming and spending less on Vermont&apos;s public schools, saying the cost had doubled in the past decade and, without changes, would grow by another 26 percent within three years.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1210820003</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:13:24 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Texas gov urges budget mandate in US Constitution (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_texas_governor_spending.html?.v=1</link><description>Texas Gov. Rick Perry, saying federal spending is out of control, on Thursday called for the passage of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to require Congress to balance the federal budget.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1998223412</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:09:28 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey: SD lawmakers reluctant to raise road taxes (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/100107/us_survey_road_taxes_south_dakota.html?.v=2</link><description>South Dakota lawmakers are reluctant to raise taxes and fees to support construction and maintenance of the state&apos;s highways and bridges, according to a survey by The Associated Press.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2703588182</guid><pubDate>Thu, 7 Jan 2010 21:16:08 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- c9.finance.sp2.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Fri Jan  8 13:37:17 PST 2010 -->
