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Use the Body Text style for all regular paragraphs. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.

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Use the Body Text style for all regular paragraphs. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum.”

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Use the Body Text style for all regular paragraphs. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius. Claritas est etiam processus dynamicus, qui sequitur mutationem consuetudium lectorum. Mirum est notare quam littera gothica, quam nunc putamus parum claram, anteposuerit litterarum formas humanitatis per seacula quarta decima et quinta decima. Eodem modo typi, qui nunc nobis videntur parum clari, fiant sollemnes in futurum.

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Use the Body Text style for all regular paragraphs. Typi non habent claritatem insitam; est usus legentis in iis qui facit eorum claritatem. Investigationes demonstraverunt lectores legere me lius quod ii legunt saepius. Claritas est etiam processus dynamicus, qui sequitur mutationem consuetudium lectorum. Mirum est notare quam littera gothica, quam nunc putamus parum claram, anteposuerit litterarum formas humanitatis per seacula quarta decima et quinta decima. Eodem modo typi, qui nunc nobis videntur parum clari, fiant sollemnes in futurum.

Mirum est notare quam littera gothica, quam nunc putamus parum claram, anteposuerit litterarum formas humanitatis per seacula quarta decima et quinta decima. Eodem modo typi, qui nunc nobis videntur parum clari, fiant sollemnes in futurum.

REFERENCES (Heading 1 style)

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Contos, George, John Guyton, Patrick Langetieg, Allen Lerman, and Susan Nelson. 2012. “Taxpayer Compliance Costs for Corporations and Partnerships: A New Look.” Presentation given at the Internal Revenue Service and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Research Conference, Washington, DC, June 21.

Gale, William and Samuel Brown. 2013. “Small Business, Innovation, and Tax Policy: A Review.” National Tax Journal 66 (4): 871–92.

IRS (Internal Revenue Service). 2011. “Table 15. All Partnerships: Total Assets, Trade or Business Income and Deductions, Portfolio Income, Rental Income, and Total Net Income, by Size of Total Assets, Tax Year 2011.” Statistics of Income business tax statistics. Washington, DC: IRS.

———. 2012a. Accounting Periods and Methods. Publication 538. Washington, DC: IRS.

———. 2012b. “Tax Gap for Tax Year 2006: Overview.” Washington, DC: IRS.

Marron, Donald B. 2011. “Tax Policy and Small Business.” Testimony before the US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, March 3.

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