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Publication 17, Your Federal Income Tax
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A
- Accountable plans
- Accounting, Methods
- Accounting, Period
- Accounting, To employer
- Active participation
- Address, Change of
- Address, Where to file
- Administrator, estate
- Adoption, Credit
- Adoption, Dependents, Expenses, Medical
- Adoption, Expenses, As a contribution
- Advance, Travel
- Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, Child's investment income
- Aliens, Dual-status
- Aliens, Dual-status, Nonresident
- Aliens, Nonresident
- Aliens, Resident
- Alimony, Deducting
- Alimony, Instruments executed after 1984
- Alimony, Recapture
- Alimony, Reporting income
- Allocated tips
- American citizens abroad
- Annuities, Purchased
- Annuities, Unrecovered investment in
- Annuities, Unrecovered investment in
- Appeal rights
- Armed forces, Combat zone
- Armed forces, Moving expenses
- Armed forces, Retirement pay
- Armed forces, Uniforms, deductibility
- Artists, performing
- Artists, performing
- Automatic, Investment service
- Away from home, travel
B
- Baby sitting
- Back pay, award for
- Backup withholding
- Backup withholding
- Basis, Adjusted
- Basis, Adjusted
- Basis, Assessments for local improvements
- Basis, Bargain purchases
- Basis, Changed to business or rental use
- Basis, Cost
- Basis, Cost
- Basis, Decreases to
- Basis, Defined
- Basis, Exchange, Nontaxable
- Basis, Gift
- Basis, Improvements
- Basis, Increases to
- Basis, Inherited property
- Basis, Involuntary conversion
- Basis, Other than cost
- Basis, Property, Received for services
- Basis, Property, Transferred from spouse
- Basis, Real, Estate taxes
- Basis, Real, Property
- Basis, Settlement fees
- Basis, Stocks and bonds
- Beginning date, required (IRA)
- Bonds, Amortization of premium
- Bonds, Amortization of premium
- Bonds, Retirement of
- Braille tax materials
- Bribes and illegal payments
- Brokerage account
- Business expenses, Education, work-related, Travel
- Business expenses, Employee, Parking fees and tolls
- Business expenses, Employee, Recordkeeping
- Business expenses, Entertainment
- Business expenses, Gifts
- Business expenses, Home, use as office
- Business expenses, Recordkeeping
- Business expenses, Relating to tax-exempt and excluded
income
- Business expenses, Taxes
- Business expenses, Travel, Meals and lodging
- Business expenses, Where to deduct
- Business expenses, Where to deduct, Claiming
- Business expenses, Where to deduct, Claiming
C
- Campaign, Expenses
- Capital asset, defined
- Capital gain, Investment income
- Capital gain, Lump-sum distribution
- Capital gain, Undistributed
- Capital loss, Carryover
- Car, Accidents
- Car, Allowance
- Car, Expenses, Car pools
- Car, Expenses, Charitable contribution
- Car, Expenses, Depreciation
- Car, Expenses, Leasing
- Car, Expenses, Medical
- Car, Expenses, Moving
- Cash rebates.
- Casualty, Appraisal fees
- Casualty, Appraisal fees
- Casualty, Employee
- Casualty, Proof of loss
- Casualty, Reimbursement, Insurance proceeds
- Casualty, Reimbursement, Insurance proceeds
- Casualty, When to deduct
- Certificates of deposit
- Change of, Address
- Check-writing fees
- Checks, year received
- Child care credit, Joint return
- Child care credit, Provider information
- Child, Care provider
- Child, Filing requirements
- Child, Gifts to
- Child, Investment income
- Child, Support
- Child, Support
- Child, Support
- Child, Tax credit
- Child, Tax credit, additional
- Church employee
- Claim for refund
- Clothing, work
- Commissions, advance
- Common law marriage
- Community property
- Community property
- Community property
- Commuting expenses
- Commuting expenses
- Contributions, Appraisal fees
- Contributions, Campaign
- Contributions, IRA
- Contributions, Recordkeeping
- Conventions, Foreign
- Cooperative apartments, Main home
- Cooperative apartments, Rental of
- Copyrights
- Cost-of-living allowances, government
- Coupon bonds
- Credit card insurance
- Credits, Hope, Lifetime learning
- Credits, Social security tax overpaid
- Custodial fees
- Custody, Exception
- Custody, General rule
D
- Damages, Award for
- Damages, Breach of contract
- Damages, Personal injury suit
- Day-care center
- Death benefits, Accelerated
- Death benefits, Public safety officers
- Debts, Bad debt, nonbusiness
- Debts, Paid by another
- Debts, Paid by another
- Debts, Refund offset against
- Decedent, Archer MSA, Medical savings account
- Decedent, Archer MSA, Medical savings account
- Decedent, Deductions in respect of
- Decedent, Executors and administrators
- Decedent, Executors and administrators
- Decedent, Final return
- Decedent, Funeral or burial expenses
- Decedent, Funeral or burial expenses
- Decedent, General information
- Decedent, Income in respect of
- Decedent, Medical expenses
- Decedent, Medical expenses
- Decedent, Savings bonds
- Deferred compensation plans
- Dependent care, Benefits
- Dependent care, Credit for
- Dependents, Adoption
- Dependents, ATIN
- Dependents, Exemption
- Dependents, Foster child
- Dependents, ITIN
- Dependents, Social security number (SSN)
- Dependents, Support by divorced or separated parents
- Dependents, Tests to claim
- Deposits, loss on
- Depreciation, After May 6, 1997
- Depreciation, Rental property
- Depreciation, Special depreciation allowance
- Depreciation, Vacant rental property
- Directors' fees
- Disability, Benefits repaid
- Disability, Income, Pension, Armed forces, Military
- Disability, Pension
- Disability, Permanent and total
- Disabled persons, Expenses for
- Disabled persons, Expenses for
- Disabled persons, Financially
- Disaster, Relief
- Disclosure statement
- Distributions from, Estates and trusts
- Distributions from, Estates and trusts
- Distributions from, Retirement bonds
- Distributions, Capital gain
- Distributions, Early, Exceptions
- Distributions, Liquidating
- Distributions, Lump sum
- Distributions, Nontaxable
- Distributions, Premature
- Distributions, Required
- Distributions, Rollover
- Distributions, Rollover
- Distributions, Rollover
- Distributions, Rollover
- Dividends
- Divorce decree, exemption for child
- Divorced taxpayers, Alimony
- Divorced taxpayers, Exemptions
- Divorced taxpayers, Filing status
- Divorced taxpayers, Transfers of property
- Dues, Chamber of Commerce
- Dues, Club
- Dues, Club
- Dues, Club
E
- e-file
- Earned income
- Earned income credit
- Earned income credit
- Easements
- Education benefits, Hope credit
- Education benefits, Lifetime learning credit
- Education, Cruises and conventions
- Education, Deductible
- Education, Employer-provided educational assistance
- Education, Impairment-related expenses
- Education, Savings account
- Education, Savings account
- Education, Travel expenses
- Education, Work-related
- Education, Work-related, Maintaining skills, Improving
skills
- Education, Work-related, New trade or business
- Education, Work-related, Required by employer or law
- Education, Work-related, Teachers,
- Education, Work-related, Temporary absence from job
- Education, Work-related, Temporary school attendance
- Elective deferrals, limit
- Electric vehicle credit
- Eligible educational institution
- Emotional distress, award for
- Employee business expenses, Cellular telephone
- Employee business expenses, Home computer
- Employee business expenses, Miscellaneous
- Employer plans, Defined benefit plan
- Employer plans, Defined contribution plan
- Employer plans, For which year(s) are you covered?
- Employer plans, Nonvested employees
- Employer-sponsored health insurance plan
- Employment, Abroad
- Employment, Résumé expenses
- Energy conservation subsidies
- Estate tax
- Estate tax
- Estate tax
- Estimated tax, How to figure
- Estimated tax, Payment-voucher
- Estimated tax, When to pay
- Examination of return
- Excess reimbursement
- Exchange, Insurance policies
- Exchange, Like-kind
- Exchange, Taxable
- Exempt-interest dividends
- Exemptions, Deduction for
- Exemptions, Final return for decedent
- Expenses, work-related education
- Extensions
F
- Fair market value
- Fair market value
- Fair market value
- Fair market value
- Fair rental value
- Federal Employees Compensation Act payments
- Federal, Crime investigations or prosecutions
- Federal, Per diem
- Federal, Rate, business expense
- Fee-basis officials
- Fee-basis officials
- Fellowships and scholarships
- Filing, Requirements
- Filing, Status, Considered unmarried
- Fines
- Fiscal year
- Fiscal year
- Fiscal year
- Flexible spending arrangement
- Foreign, Employer
- Foreign, Students
- Form, 1040
- Form, 1040
- Form, 1040
- Form, 1040-ES
- Form, 1040-ES(NR)
- Form, 1040-V
- Form, 1040-V
- Form, 1040A
- Form, 1040EZ
- Form, 1040X
- Form, 1065
- Form, 1098
- Form, 1098
- Form, 1098-T
- Form, 1099
- Form, 1099-B
- Form, 1099-B
- Form, 1099-B
- Form, 1099-B
- Form, 1099-C
- Form, 1099-DIV
- Form, 1099-DIV
- Form, 1099-DIV
- Form, 1099-INT
- Form, 1099-INT
- Form, 1099-INT
- Form, 1099-MISC
- Form, 1099-OID
- Form, 1099-Q
- Form, 1099-R
- Form, 1099-R
- Form, 1099-R
- Form, 1099-S
- Form, 1099-S
- Form, 1099-S
- Form, 1116
- Form, 2106
- Form, 2106, 2106-EZ
- Form, 2106-EZ
- Form, 2120
- Form, 2439
- Form, 2441
- Form, 2688
- Form, 3115
- Form, 3903
- Form, 4070
- Form, 4070A
- Form, 4137
- Form, 4506
- Form, 4562
- Form, 4562
- Form, 4810
- Form, 4868
- Form, 4952
- Form, 5329
- Form, 5329
- Form, 56
- Form, 6251
- Form, 8271
- Form, 8275
- Form, 8283
- Form, 8332
- Form, 8379
- Form, 8396
- Form, 8396
- Form, 8582
- Form, 8582
- Form, 8606
- Form, 8615
- Form, 8615
- Form, 8615
- Form, 8801
- Form, 8814
- Form, 8814
- Form, 8814
- Form, 8815
- Form, 8818
- Form, 8822
- Form, 8822
- Form, 8824
- Form, 8834
- Form, 8839
- Form, 8863
- Form, 8863
- Form, 8880
- Form, 9465
- Form, SS-5
- Form, SS-5
- Form, W-10
- Form, W-2
- Form, W-2
- Form, W-2G
- Form, W-4
- Form, W-4P
- Form, W-4P
- Form, W-4S
- Form, W-4V
- Form, W-7
- Form, W-7A
- Form, W-9S
- Forms, W-5
- Foster child, Dependency exemption for, Support test
- Foster child, Parents and providers
- Free, Tour received
- Fringe benefits, De minimis (minimal)
- Fringe benefits, Taxable income
G
H
- Hobbies
- Hobbies
- Home, Abandoned
- Home, Exclusion of gain
- Home, Main home defined
- Home, Renting
- Home, Renting
- Home, Sale of
- Home, Security system
- Household, Employees
- Household, Head of
- Household, Services
I
- Impairment-related work expenses
- Improvements
- Improvements
- Income in respect of decedent, Installment obligation
- Income in respect of decedent, Interest and dividends
- Income in respect of decedent, Interest, savings
certificates
- Income tax, Deductibility
- Income tax, Foreign
- Income tax, Interest on
- Income tax, Interest on
- Income tax, State and local, Where to deduct
- Income tax, Substantial understatement of
- Income, Alaska Permanent Fund dividend
- Income, Alimony
- Income, Bartering
- Income, Constructive receipt of
- Income, Constructive receipt of
- Income, Disability
- Income, Disability
- Income, Earned, defined
- Income, From estates and trusts
- Income, Gross
- Income, Interest
- Income, Investment
- Income, Jury duty
- Income, Kickbacks
- Income, Prepaid
- Income, Recovery of
- Income, Rental
- Income, Rental
- Income, Repayment
- Income, Tips
- Income-producing expenses
- Indefinite assignment
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Administrative fees
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Deductions
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Inherited,
Beneficiary
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Married filing
separately
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Retirement savings
contributions credit
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Rollovers and other
transfers
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Roth IRA
- Individual retirement arrangement (IRA), Traditional
- Individual taxpayer identification number
- Inheritance, Holding period
- Inherited IRA, From spouse
- Installment, Agreement
- Installment, Sale
- Insurance premiums, Alimony
- Insurance premiums, Health insurance credit
- Insurance premiums, Liability
- Insurance premiums, Long-term care
- Insurance premiums, Rental
- Insurance proceeds, Accident and health
- Insurance proceeds, Dividends
- Insurance proceeds, Dividends, interest on
- Insurance proceeds, Endowment
- Insurance proceeds, From long-term care contract
- Insurance proceeds, Installment payments
- Insurance proceeds, Veterans
- Interest expense, Allocation
- Interest expense, Carry forward
- Interest expense, Points
- Interest, Fees to collect
- Interest, Frozen deposits
- Interest, Frozen deposits
- Interest, Mortgage
- Interest, On refund
- Interest, Personal
- Interlocutory decree of divorce
- Interview expenses
- Investment, Expense, interest
- Investment, Income, tax on child's
- Investment, Property
- Investment, Property
- Investment, Specialized small business company
- Itemized deductions, Changing your mind
- Itemized deductions, Decedent's return
- Itemized deductions, Limit
- Itemized deductions, State benefit funds
- Itemized deductions, Who should itemize
- ITIN
J
K
L
- Late payment charges
- Leases canceled or transferred
- Legal expenses
- Legal expenses
- Legal expenses
- License and similar fees
- Life insurance, Accelerated death benefits
- Life insurance, Premiums
- Life insurance, Premiums
- Life insurance, Proceeds
- Life insurance, Proceeds
- Limits, Capital loss
- Limits, Casualty and theft loss
- Limits, Charitable contributions
- Limits, Exemptions
- Limits, Hours of service, meals
- Limits, Meals
- Limits, Miscellaneous deductions
- Lobbying expenses
- Local benefit taxes
- Losses, Capital, Ordinary
- Losses, Casualty and theft
- Losses, Deduction on final return
- Losses, Disaster areas
- Losses, Figuring
- Losses, Gambling
- Losses, Holding period
- Losses, Insolvent or bankrupt financial institution
- Losses, Long term
- Losses, Passive activity
- Losses, Passive activity
- Losses, Reporting
- Losses, Sale of personal items
- Losses, Short term
- Lost property
- Lost property
M
- M&IE
- M&IE
- Main home
- Mandatory retirement age
- Married taxpayers, Estimated tax
- Married taxpayers, Signing joint return
- Meals and lodging, Education
- Meals and lodging, Medical
- Meals and lodging, Support for dependent
- Medical expenses, Costs you can deduct
- Medical expenses, Decedent's return
- Medical expenses, Dependents
- Medical expenses, Insurance
- Medical expenses, Work-related
- Medical savings account
- Medicare
- Medicines and drugs
- Military ( See Armed forces )
- Mineral royalties
- Minimum, Tax credit
- Ministers
- Ministers
- Miscellaneous deductions
- Mobile home
- Modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS)
- Mortgage assistance payments
- Mortgage interest, Credit
- Mortgage interest, Deduction
- Mortgage interest, Recapture of credit
- Mortgages, Insurance premiums
- Mortgages, Prepayment penalty
- Mortgages, Seller-financed
- Multiple support, Medical expenses
- Musicians and entertainers
- Mutual funds, Allocated expenses
- Mutual funds, Capital gain distributions
- Mutual funds, Nonpublicly offered
N
O
P
- Parent's responsibility for child's tax
- Parking fees and tolls, Medical
- Partnership, final return
- Passive activity losses
- Patents
- Patronage dividends
- Payment, By credit card
- Payment, By credit card, By electronic funds withdrawal
- Payment, Of tax
- Payment, Of tax
- Peace Corps allowances
- Penalties, Accuracy-related
- Penalties, Criminal
- Penalties, Deductibility
- Penalties, Deductibility
- Penalties, Failure to file
- Penalties, Failure to furnish tax shelter registration number
- Penalties, Failure to pay
- Penalties, Failure to report tips to employer
- Penalties, Failure to supply social security number
- Penalties, Form W-4
- Penalties, Fraud
- Penalties, Frivolous return
- Penalties, Negligence
- Pensions, Cost of, Investment in
- Pensions, Cost of, Investment in
- Pensions, Lump-sum distribution
- Pensions, Penalty taxes, Additional taxes
- Pensions, Reporting
- Pensions, Rollover
- Pensions, Simplified method
- Pensions, Survivor
- Pensions, Withholding
- Pensions, Withholding
- Points, Basis, Interest expense
- Political campaign expenses
- Power of attorney
- Prepaid, Insurance
- Prepaid, Insurance
- Prepaid, Interest
- Prepaid, Rent
- Presidential Election Campaign Fund
- Private, Delivery services
- Prizes and awards
- Prizes and awards
- Prompt assessment, request
- Property, Changed to business or rental use
- Property, Gifts to charity
- Property, Inherited
- Property, Taxes
- Property, Taxes
- Protective clothing
- Puerto Rico, residents of
Q
R
- Raffles
- Railroad retirement, Benefits, Deductions
- Railroad retirement, Benefits, Repayment
- Railroad retirement, Benefits, Withholding
- Real estate taxes, Cooperative apartments
- Real estate taxes, Local benefits
- Real estate taxes, Part-year owner
- Real estate taxes, Refund of
- Recordkeeping, Gambling
- Recordkeeping, General requirements
- Recordkeeping, General requirements
- Recordkeeping, Home
- Recordkeeping, Savings bonds used for education
- Recovery of, Itemized deductions
- Recovery of, Stolen property
- Refund, Claim for
- Refund, Claim for
- Refund, Of interest
- Refund, Offset against debts
- Reimbursement, Casualty and theft loss
- Reimbursement, Employee business expenses
- Reimbursement, Medical expenses
- Reimbursement, Moving expenses
- Reimbursement, Unclaimed
- Related parties, transactions between
- Release from personal liability, request for
- Repayment, Amount previously included in income
- Repossession of home
- Required education, Minimum
- Restitution, holocaust victims
- Retirement of bonds
- Retirement pay, Pensions and annuities
- Retirement plans, 457 plans
- Retirement plans, Contributions
- Retirement plans, Individual retirement arrangement (IRA)
- Retirement plans, Roth IRA
- Retirement plans, Self-employed, Keogh
- Return of capital
- Return, tax, Aliens
- Return, tax, Copies of
- Return, tax, Estimated tax
- Return, tax, Filing status
- Return, tax, Final, Joint
- Return, tax, How to file
- Return, tax, Joint
- Return, tax, Joint
- Return, tax, Joint
- Return, tax, Separate
- Return, tax, Separate
- Return, tax, Signatures
- Return, tax, Which form to use
- Rollover, Roth IRA
- Rollover, Waiting period between rollovers
- Roth IRA, Defined
- Roth IRA, When to set up
- Rounding off dollars
- Royalties
S
- S corporations
- Safe deposit box
- Sales and exchanges, Bonds
- Sales and exchanges, General rules
- Sales and exchanges, Home
- Savings account
- Savings, Bonds
- Savings, Bonds
- Savings, Bonds used for education
- Savings, Certificate
- Schedule (Form 1040), C
- Schedule (Form 1040), D
- Schedule (Form 1040), E
- Schedule (Form 1040), E
- Schedule (Form 1040), SE
- Schedule (Form 1040A), 1 - Part I
- Schedule (Form 1040A), 2
- Schedule (Form 1040A), 2 - Part II
- Schedule (Form 1040A), 3
- Schedule K-1, Form 1041
- Schedule K-1, Form 1041
- Schedule K-1, Form 1065
- Schedule K-1, Form 1120S
- Security deposit
- Self-employed persons, Filing requirements
- Self-employed persons, Health insurance premiums
- Self-employment tax, deduction for
- Separated taxpayers, Filing status
- Series HH and H savings bonds
- Series I savings bonds
- Service charges, Deductible taxes
- Service charges, Dividend reinvestment plan
- Settlement fees
- Severance pay
- Shareholder, S corporation
- Sick pay
- Sick pay
- Sick pay
- Signing your return
- Simplified method, who must use
- Social security benefits, Medicare
- Social security benefits, Repayment
- Social security benefits, Taxation of
- Social security number
- Social security number
- Social security number
- Social security tax, Deductibility
- Spouse, Deceased
- Spouse, Exemption for
- Spouse, Injured
- Spouse, Innocent
- Spouse, Medical expenses for
- Spouse, Standard deduction
- Spouse, Student
- Standard deduction, Age 65 or older
- Standard deduction, Blindness
- Standard deduction, Decedent's return
- Standard deduction, Dependents
- Standard deduction, Persons not eligible
- Standard meal allowance
- Standard mileage rate
- Standard mileage rate
- State, Benefit payments
- State, Benefit payments
- State, Income tax, Deductible
- State, Income tax, Refund
- State, Obligations, interest on
- State, Officials
- Stock, Appreciation rights
- Stock, For services
- Stock, Indirect ownership
- Stock, Mutual fund
- Stock, Options
- Stock, Rights
- Stock, Rights
- Stock, Rights
- Stock, Rollover of gain from sale
- Stock, Sale or exchange
- Stock, Small business
- Stockholders' meeting expenses
- Strike benefits
- Student loan interest
- Students, Dependent
- Students, Fellowships, grants, and scholarships
- Students, Living in your home
- Students, Loan canceled
- Students, Withholding, exemption from
- Suggestions
T
- Tax figured by IRS
- Tax home
- Tax on early distribution
- Tax preference items
- Tax preparer's fee
- Tax preparer's fee
- Tax refund, Deceased taxpayer
- Tax refund, Deceased taxpayer
- Tax refund, Interest on
- Tax refund, Interest on
- Tax refund, Less than $1
- Tax refund, Offset against debts
- Tax refund, Past due
- Tax-exempt, Bonds and other obligations
- Tax-exempt, Income
- Tax-exempt, Interest
- Taxes, Alternative minimum
- Taxes, Credit for
- Taxes, Deductible
- Taxes, Estimated
- Taxes, Estimated
- Taxes, For not making minimum distributions
- Taxes, Foreign
- Taxes, Foreign
- Taxes, Foreign
- Taxes, How to figure
- Taxes, Income, state and local
- Taxes, Indian tribal government
- Taxes, IRA penalties
- Taxes, Not deductible
- Taxes, Not deductible
- Taxes, On capital gains
- Taxes, Personal property
- Taxes, Social security
- Taxes, Where to deduct
- Taxes, Withholding
- Taxes, Withholding
- Taxpayer Advocate
- Taxpayer Advocate
- Taxpayer identification number (TIN), ATIN
- Taxpayer identification number (TIN), ATIN
- Taxpayer identification number (TIN), SSN
- Taxpayer rights
- Teachers, deduction of classroom expenses
- Teaching, Certification
- Telephones
- Temporary, Assignment
- Tenants, By the entirety, In common
- Tenants, By the entirety, In common
- Tip Rate Determination and Education Program
- Tools
- Tools
- Trade-in
- Transfer taxes
- Transporting schoolchildren
- Travel and transportation, Armed forces
- Travel and transportation, Armed forces, Reservists
- Travel and transportation, Employees
- Travel and transportation, Expenses paid for others
- Travel and transportation, In the United States
- Travel and transportation, Investment-related
- Travel and transportation, Investment-related
- Travel and transportation, Medical
- Travel and transportation, Moving
- Travel and transportation, New employment
- Travel and transportation, Outside the United States
- Travel and transportation, Rental, Standard mileage rate
- Travel and transportation, Transportation
- Travel and transportation, Transportation
- Treasury notes
- TTY/TDD information
- Tuition and fees deduction
- Tuition, parochial school
U
V
W
- Wages, Income
- When to file
- Where to deduct business expenses, Employees
- Where to deduct business expenses, Self-employed persons
- Where to file, Deceased taxpayer
- Widow(er) with dependent child
- Winter energy payments
- Withdrawals
- Withholding, Backup
- Withholding, Fringe benefits
- Withholding, Salaries and wages
- Withholding, Sick pay
- Withholding, Tips
- Withholding, Unemployment compensation
- Workers' compensation
- Worthless securities
- Wristwatch
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