<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/70118258-1742-42e0-8758-8f515b506a10/F6FC2C39-E323-4AEC-B5A0-D32FFAB6B366/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><P> WASHINGTON - At a cost of nearly $42 million, the IRS wants you to know: Your check is almost in the mail. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><P>The <SPAN id="lw_1204917256_0" class="yshortcuts">Internal Revenue Service</SPAN> is spending the money on letters to alert taxpayers to expect rebate checks as part of the economic stimulus plan.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><P>The notices are going out this month to an estimated 130 million households who filed returns for the 2006 tax year, at a cost $41.8 million, <SPAN id="lw_1204917256_1" class="yshortcuts">IRS spokesman John</SPAN> Lipold confirmed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><P>That works out to about 32 cents to print, process and mail each letter. It doesn't include the tab for another round of mailings planned for those who didn't file tax returns last year but may still qualify for a rebate.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><P>Democrats accused the Bush administration of wasting time and postage.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><P>"There are countless better uses for $42 million than a self-congratulatory mailer that gives the president a pat on the back for an idea that wasn't even his," <SPAN id="lw_1204917256_2" class="yshortcuts">Sen. Charles Schumer</SPAN> said Friday, arguing the IRS could more effectively spend the money to catch tax cheats.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080307/ap_on_go_ot/dear_taxpayer"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/037F8844-AFDF-4419-B889-B79606A22ADA" alt="US President George W. Bush (seated), flanked by Congress members and members of his cabinet, signs the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. 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