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	<title>BANK TALK &#187; Earned Income Tax Credit</title>
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		<title>IRS Provides Tax Season Updates</title>
		<link>http://banktalk.org/2011/03/15/irs-provides-tax-season-updates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Rust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[government,politics&#160;news,politics&#160;news,politicsThe IRS reports that over ninety percent of the returns filed through March 11th generated a refund. Since the data only runs through the first week in March, it reflects a population bias that draws overwhelmingly from people that are likely to expect a refund. AICPA says that about one in four filers ended up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bowles-Simpson Places EITC on the Table for Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Rust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[government,politics&#160;news,politics&#160;news,politicsWhile most of the press about the deficit reduction committee has consisted of vitriol from organized labor and delicate sidestepping from the &#8220;new right,&#8221; the news about the EITC has flown under the radar. The Bowles-Simpson report emphasizes that tax expenditures will be a big part of new cuts to the budget. A tax expenditure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Direct Deposit Rules</title>
		<link>http://banktalk.org/2010/06/28/direct-deposit-could-upend-the-ral-and-rac-function/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Rust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[government,politics&#160;news,politics&#160;news,politicsPresident Obama&#8217;s new mandate that all recipients of government checks could be a game changer in the prepaid market. The policy, which makes all recipients of repeat government payments required to accept their payments through direct deposit, should put more Treasury-designed Direct Express cards in the pockets of Americans. The new rule makes a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Reports from H&amp;R Block</title>
		<link>http://banktalk.org/2010/06/25/interesting-reports-from-hr-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Rust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[government,politics&#160;news,politics&#160;news,politicsH&#38;R Block&#8217;s Q4 Earnings Call is interesting, not just to someone who follows tax preparation, but what the changes at this company tell us about the nature of our larger economy. Although many would agree with Woodrow Wilson that &#8216;what&#8217;s good for GM is good for the country, and vice versa,&#8221; it could also be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Question: Tax Settlement</title>
		<link>http://banktalk.org/2010/04/29/the-next-question-tax-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Rust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[government,politics&#160;news,politics&#160;news,politicsJP Morgan Chase&#8216;s decision to exit refund anticipation lending means that 13,000 independent tax firms will no longer have a means to advance their customers the cost of tax preparation.  Chase gave notice this week, with the intent to give their former partners as much time as possible to prepare for the next tax season.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Believe I Understand the Emerald Advance Card from Block</title>
		<link>http://banktalk.org/2010/02/05/i-believe-i-understand-the-emerald-advance-card-from-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Rust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[government,politics&#160;news,politics&#160;news,politicsNo kidding.  I spent about 40 minutes on the phone with a Block representative this morning, and I think I understand the card.  Last night I spent about 40 minutes learning how to apply a buffer around a vector, then create a new layer, in order to analyze geospatial data.  The Block Emerald Advance is [...]]]></description>
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