Exhibit 1:
1997 Tax Software Review
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WIN 95
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WIN 95
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WIN 95
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WIN 95
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WIN 95
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WIN 95
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WIN 95
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Program
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AM-Tax Pro
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AlPluslTax for Windows
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GoSystem for Windows
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Lacerte Tax Software
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Professional Tax System
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ProSystem fx
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Tax/Pack Professional
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Tax Relief-Windows
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Tax$imple
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TaxWorks
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TurboTax ProSeries
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Ultra Tax
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Vendor
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AM Software
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Arthur Andersen LLP
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CLR
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Lacerte Software
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TaascFORCE
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CCH
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Alpine Data
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Micro Vision
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Tax$imple, Inc.
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Laser Systems
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Intuit
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Creative Solutions
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Vendors address
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P.O. Box 25010, Kansas City, MO 64119
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2805 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34237
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2395 Midway Road, Carrollton, TX 75006
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13155 Noel Road, Dallas, TX 75240
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6914 Yorktown Ave., Tulsa, OK 74136
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21250 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90503
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737 South Townsend Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401
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140 Fell Court, Hauppauge, NY 11788
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8 Emory Avenue, Randolph, NJ 07869
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350 North 400 West, Kaysville, UT 84037
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110 Juliad Court, Suite 107, Fredericksburg, VA 22406
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7322 Newman Boulevard, Dexter, MI 48130
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Vendors phone
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800-859-8537
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800-872-1040
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800-865-5257
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800-765-7777
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800-998-9990
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800-457-7639
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800-525-1040
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800-829-7354
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800-989-8955
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800-230-2322
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800-934-1040
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800-968-8900
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Vendors e-mail address
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support@amtax.com
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aplustax@arthurandersen.com
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http://www.clr.com
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http://www.lscoft.com
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sales@taascforce.com
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webmaster@prosystem.com
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alpine@rmii.com
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N/A
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taxsimple@aol.com
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http://www.lsys.com
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http://www.intuit.com/proseries/
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http://www.csisolutions.com
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Vendors bulletin board access
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N/A
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N/A
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N/A
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918-491-0040
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N/A
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970-249-1949
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516-232-3587; 516-232-3528
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N/A
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801-544-3400
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N/A
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N/A
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Disk space: 1040 one state with laser
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4 Mb
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30 Mb
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75 Mb
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40 Mb
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13 Mb
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DOS: 42 Mb; Windows: 55Mb
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6 Mb
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13 Mb
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10 Mb
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15 Mb
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22 Mb
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DOS: 28 Mb; Windows: 24 Mb
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Minimum recommended configuration
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286, 540 K RAM
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Pentium, 32 Mb RAM
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486-66, 16 Mb RAM
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Windows 95: 32 Mb RAM, DOS: 530 K RAM
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640 K RAM
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DOS and Windows 3.x: 486, 8 Mb RAM
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640 K RAM
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8 Mb RAM
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640 K RAM
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640 K RAM
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Windows 3.x: 486, 8 Mb RAM;
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Windows: Pentium, 16 Mb RAM; DOS: 386,
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Other requirements:
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CD drive
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CD drive
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CD drive
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Windows version?
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No
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Yes 1040, 1120, 1120S
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Unsure
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Operating systems
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DOS 3.0+
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Windows 3.x
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Windows 95
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DOS 5 +, Windows 3.x, 95
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DOS 3.1+, Windows 3.x, 95
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DOS 3.1+, Windows 3.x, 95, NT
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DOS 3.2 +
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Windows 3.11, 95
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DOS, Windows 3.1, 95
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DOS, Windows 95
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DOS, Windows 3.x, 95
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DOS, Windows 95, NT 4.0
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Network support for
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LANtastic
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Novell, LANtastic
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Novell, NT
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Novell, LANtastic, NT
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Novell, NT
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NT, Novell, LANtastic, others
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Novell, LANtastic
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Novell, 3-Com, LANtastic
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Novell, LANtastic, Windows 3.11
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Novell, LANtastic, Windows for Workgroups
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Novell, LANtastic, Novell Lite, Windows 95 (peer-to-peer)
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Novell, LANtastic, Windows 95
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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Toll free?
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Bulletin board support?
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No
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Yes
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No
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E-mail, Infobase, Internet
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Fax support?
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes
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Online service?
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support@amtrax.com
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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Internet
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Yes, ProSeries Online
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No
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Updates by
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Disks, Internet
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CD-ROM, modem
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CD-ROM
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CD-ROM, disks
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CD-ROM, disks, modem
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CD-ROM, Internet, modem
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Disks, modem
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CD-ROM, disks, modem
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CD-ROM, disks
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CD-ROM, disks, Internet
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CD-ROM, disks, modem
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CD-ROM, disks, modem
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Hours/days February 1 April 15
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M F 8 6 CST
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M F 8:30 10, Sat 9 5
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Extended, plus Sat and Sun
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M F 8 8, Sat 9 4, Sun 12 4, CST
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M F 8 6, Sat 9 2 CST
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M F 5:30 6:30, Sat 6 5 PST
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M F 8 5:30, Sat 10 3
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M F 8:30 9, Sat 9 2:30
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M F 8:30 8:30, Sat Sun 10 3
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M F 7 8, Sat 7 1 MST
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M Th 9 9, F 9 8, Sat 10 5, Sun 12 4 EST
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M F 9 9, Sat 9 6
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Hours/days other
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M F 9 5 CST
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M F 8:30 8, Sat 9 3 EST (Addl hrs Aug. 1 Aug. 15)
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M F 8 6 CST
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M F 9 7, CST
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M F 9 5 CST
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M F 6 5
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M F 8 5 MST
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M F 8:30 5 EST
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M F 8:30 5 EST
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M F 8 5 MST
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M Th 9 8; F 9 6 EST
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M F 9 8 EST
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NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
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1040
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4,000+
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N/A
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N/A
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31,000
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N/A
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16,000
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650
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5,700 (DOS and Windows)
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N/A
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2,400
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35,000
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N/A
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1120
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1,000+
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N/A
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N/A
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16,000
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N/A
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12,000
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170
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2,300 (DOS and Windows)
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N/A
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790
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10,000
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N/A
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Programming language
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C
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N/A
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Proprietary
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BASIC, Assy, C
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MS Pro, BASIC, Assembly
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C++
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MS Prof BASIC, C
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VB, C++
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Visual Basic
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Various
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C++
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C
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Conversion from other software?
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No
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Yes by disk or paper
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Yes several
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Yes several
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Most
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Yes all
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No
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Yes
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Call
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Yes
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Most
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Yes
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SOFTWARE INCLUDES
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Estimated payment vouchers federal
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Estimated payment vouchers state
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Amended return federal
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Amended return state
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Yes
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Yes
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CA, NY, SC
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Yes
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Some
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Yes
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Some
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Net operating loss schedules federal
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Under development
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Net operating loss schedules state
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No
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Some
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No
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Yes
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Under development
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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ELECTRONIC FILING
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Use third party? Name
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Nelco
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Internal and Nelco
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Yes vendor undecided
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No direct
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Nelco
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EF File Creation
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Nelco
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Nelco
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Nelco
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Laser Systems
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Nelco
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Nelco
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Direct filing capabilities?
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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No
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Yes in-house
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Third party
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Nelco
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Support refund anticipation loans
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Yes
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No
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No
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Nelco
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Yes
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Third party
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Nelco
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Nelco
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Nelco
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Yes
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Yes
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Nelco
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Support state electronic filing
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No
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NC, SC
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1040 only
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Some
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No
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Yes
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Most states
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15 integrated Windows states
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Nelco
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Electronic filing for business packages
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No
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No
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1041 only
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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No
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1065 and 1041
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No
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No
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