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Checking the Status of Your Federal Tax Refund is Easy
Find out whether you received a $250 Economic Recovery Payment
Non-Itemizers Get a Real Property Tax Deduction

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Strickler & Prieto LLP is a leading accounting and consulting firm based in El Paso, Texas. Our client solutions approach has fueled the Firm's rapid growth into one of the most important professional service organizations on the U.S./Mexico border. Our solutions approach, combined with a commitment to technical knowledge, client satisfaction, and continued personal growth in a dynamic environment has assisted us to attract and retain some of the most highly educated, experienced and sophisticated accounting professionals in the Southwestern United States. We serve a wide range of clients, including developing and middle market clients, governmental and not-for-profit entities, as well as established Fortune 500 multinational corporations. Our client base includes business enterprises headquartered in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Through our unique strategic alliances, we may assist clients with professional services in several countries around the globe.

If you purchased a new vehicle in 2009, you may be entitled to a special tax deduction for the sales and excise taxes on your purchase.

Here is some important information you should to know about this deduction:

1. State and local sales and excise taxes paid on up to $49,500 of the purchase price of each qualifying vehicle are deductible.

The IRS developed the "Did I Receive an Economic Recovery Payment?" look up tool which gives taxpayers an easy way to determine if they received the one-time ERP payment and which agency made the payment.

If you already filed your federal tax return and are due a refund, you can check the status of your refund online.

Where's My Refund? is an interactive tool on the IRS web site at IRS.gov. Whether you split your refund among several accounts, opted for direct deposit into one account, or asked the IRS to mail you a check, Where's My Refund? will give you online access to your refund information nearly 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A neat little tool has come out that will synch bookmarks between Firefox, IE, Safari, and Chrome. Xmarks is a small download that when installed hides in your system tray and lets you synch your bookmarks (favorites) to your other browsers. It's a good tool to have for people that have bookmarks at home and at work. With this tool, you can now have your bookmarks on both computers all the time.

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Deposit payroll tax for payments on Nov 6-9 if the semiweekly deposit rule applies.

Deposit payroll tax for payments on Nov 10-12 if the semiweekly deposit rule applies.

Deposit payroll tax for payments on Nov 13-16 if the semiweekly deposit rule applies.

Deposit payroll tax for payments on Nov 17-19 if the semiweekly deposit rule applies.

Many individuals spend time away from their offices while calling on customers and vendors. As a result, they end up having to buy their lunch and want to deduct the cost of that lunch as a business expense. Unfortunately, the cost of meals can only be deducted when you are away from home overnight. However, you may be able to deduct the cost of your lunch as business-related entertainment if you take one of your customers to lunch with you. In any case, even when the meals are allowed, they are only 50% deductible

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