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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">e-News for Tax Professionals</TD>
<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">May 13, 2011</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<H3>Useful Links:</H3>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/">IRS.gov</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/index.html">Tax Professionals Home</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html">Forms & Publications</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=102669,00.html">Stakeholders Partners' <BR>Headliners</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=184145,00.html">Key Messages</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=158507,00.html">IMRS</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=176934,00.html">Tax Hints</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.taxtalktoday.tv/">Tax Talk Today</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=108362,00.html">Disaster Relief</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/lists/0,,id=97782,00.html">Draft Tax Forms</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/irb/">Internal Revenue Bulletins</A></P>
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<H3>Upcoming Events</H3>
<H5>Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, and Other Practitioner Activities By State:</H5>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=158856,00.html">Nationwide</A></P>
<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127879,00.html">Alabama</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127878,00.html">Alaska</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127875,00.html">Arizona</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127877,00.html">Arkansas</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127814,00.html">California</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127874,00.html">Colorado</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127872,00.html">Connecticut</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127870,00.html">Delaware</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127842,00.html">District of Columbia</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127816,00.html">Florida</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127825,00.html">Georgia</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127823,00.html">Hawaii</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127822,00.html">Idaho</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127820,00.html">Illinois</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127843,00.html">Indiana</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127818,00.html">Iowa</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127817,00.html">Kansas</A></P>
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<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127815,00.html">Kentucky</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127840,00.html">Louisiana</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127844,00.html">Maine</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127827,00.html">Maryland</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127831,00.html">Massachusetts</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127832,00.html">Michigan</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127869,00.html">Minnesota</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127848,00.html">Mississippi</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127804,00.html">Missouri</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127849,00.html">Montana</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127859,00.html">Nebraska</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127851,00.html">Nevada</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127847,00.html">New Hampshire</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127834,00.html">New Jersey</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127846,00.html">New Mexico</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127837,00.html">New York</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127838,00.html">North Carolina</A></P>
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<P><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127830,00.html">North Dakota</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127853,00.html">Ohio</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127854,00.html">Oklahoma</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127855,00.html">Oregon</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127856,00.html">Pennsylvania</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127857,00.html">Rhode Island</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127839,00.html">South Carolina</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127868,00.html">South Dakota</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127803,00.html">Tennessee</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127866,00.html">Texas</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127864,00.html">Utah</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127863,00.html">Vermont</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127805,00.html">Virginia</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127862,00.html">Washington</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127858,00.html">West Virginia</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127852,00.html">Wisconsin</A> <BR><A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=127802,00.html">Wyoming</A></P>
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<H3><A name=top></A>Issue Number: 2011-18</H3>
<H3>Inside This Issue</H3><BR>
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<LI><A href="#First">The IRS Promotes the Tax Forums</A>
<LI><A href="#Second">National Webinars for Practitioners</A>
<LI><A href="#Third">Retirement News for Employers</A>
<LI><A href="#Fourth">Additional counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee added to FEMA disaster areas</A>
<LI><A href="#Fifth">Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions</A>
<LI><A href="#Sixth">Live webinar: The Examination Process for Employment Tax Returns</A> </LI></OL>
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<P><A name=first></A><STRONG>1. The IRS Promotes the Tax Forums</STRONG></P>
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<P>The IRS encourages tax professionals to attend a tax forum this summer. For more information about the tax forums check out this new <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw56iGSvjmg">YouTube video</A>.</P>
<P>Watch this and other videos on the IRS’s <A href="http://www.youtube.com/irsvideos">YouTube Channel </A></P>
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<A name=second></A><STRONG>2. National Webinars for Practitioners</STRONG>
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<P>The IRS is offering free <A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=158856,00.html">webinars</A> on May 18 – Small Business Advantage: Put Our Knowledge to Work for You and on June 22 – The Examination Process for Employment Tax Returns.</P>
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<A name=third></A><STRONG>3. Retirement News for Employers</STRONG>
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<P>The IRS has a free, electronic newsletter, <A href="http://www.irs.gov/retirement/article/0,,id=122823,00.html">Retirement News for Employers</A>, to help small business owners operate their retirement plans correctly. It contains plain-language articles on common retirement plans such as SEP, SIMPLE IRA, 401(k) and 403(b) plans.</P>
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<A name=fourth></A><STRONG>4. Additional counties in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee added to FEMA disaster areas</STRONG>
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<P>FEMA has added multiple counties to the recently declared <A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=238958,00.html">Alabama</A>, <A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=239018,00.html">Arkansas</A>, <A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=238993,00.html">Mississippi</A>, <A href="http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=239289,00.html">Missouri</A>, <A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=238682,00.html">North Carolina</A> and <A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=239283,00.html">Tennessee</A> disaster areas.</P>
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<A name=fifth></A><STRONG>5. Affordable Care Act Tax Provisions</STRONG>
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<P>The Affordable Care Act contains some <A href="http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=220809,00.html">tax provisions</A> that take effect this year and more that will be implemented during the next several years.</P>
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<A name=sixth></A><STRONG>6. IRS Live webinar: The Examination Process for Employment Tax Returns</STRONG>
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<P>The June 22 <A href="http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=239163,00.html">IRS Live broadcast</A> will cover the employment tax examination process, taxpayer and appeal rights, settlement agreements and payment options.</P>
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