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The Motley Fool November 3, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Toss That IRS Email, Please! Phony notes from a bogus taxman could leave you poorer. With third parties representing the IRS in some collection matters, there is little doubt that there will be rogue emails trying to fleece consumers.
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The Motley Fool February 1, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Don't Screw Up Your Refund Reclaim your overpaid telephone taxes, but make sure to get it right.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian	A Tax Credit for All of Us More information about the federal excise tax: By opting to do the legwork, you'll likely end up with a bigger refund.
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The Motley Fool January 21, 2005 Roy Lewis	Keep an Eye on Your Taxes Here are a few short items of general interest to many taxpayers.
InternetNews April 14, 2006 David Miller	Phishing for Tax Scam Victims Federal investigators are warning about the dangers of e-mails claiming to be from the IRS.
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AFP eWire July 6, 2004	IRS Issues Guides on Vehicle Donations The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released two new publications to help donors and charities avoid confusion with respect to donations of vehicles.
Investment Advisor February 2007	How Businesses Can Get Theirs The Telephone Excise Tax Refund for businesses.
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AFP eWire February 25, 2006	Survey Suggests Many U.S. Nonprofits May Be Engaged in Political Activity A new report by the IRS suggests that a large percentage of nonprofit organizations in the United States, including churches, may be engaged in some sort of prohibited political activity.
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AFP eWire December 20, 2004	Nonprofits Must Comply with CAN-SPAM Regs As expected, nonprofit organizations are not automatically exempt from the final regulations recently published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the CAN-SPAM Act.
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AFP eWire July 12, 2004	CRA Creates New Help Resource for Canadian Charities The new position within the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will assist charities with issues or questions that cannot be dealt with through normal channels.
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CIO April 1, 2004 Sarah D. Scalet	Phishing Pollutes E-Mail Stream It's the latest kind of Internet scam, one that's known as "phishing." Users are directed to a website and asked to enter their passwords. When they enter them the scammers capture the passwords for later use.
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