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- Dear Editors:
-
- Widget Inc. is delighted to announce it's new tax preparation
- software, which will be available nationally. The following press
- release may be of interest to your readers, as it pertains to a
- subject that is close to everyone's heart, Their Taxes!
-
-
- ----- PRESS RELEASE -----
-
- HEADING: PERSONAL COMPUTER USERS CAUSING LOSS AT I.R.S.
-
- Recently, the IRS came out with yet another complicated set of tax
- codes. With the increased complexity also came an increase in
- revenue for the Fed's when an unprecedented number of fines and
- penalties were levied against taxpayers that incorrectly filed
- their tax returns.
-
- A couple in Alaska was recently fined $125 for an honest mistake on
- their last tax return. What was the mistake? It was an underpayment
- of 12 cents. In today's economic times, tax savvy is not only
- important, but it's fast becoming the public's number one priority.
-
- A recent government study showed that if 25% of all computer owners
- used their computers to do their taxes, Uncle Sam would lose over
- 3 billion in fines and penalties.
-
- With a computer in every home becoming more of a reality every day,
- it was only time before a simple software package that can do
- complicated tax work was introduced to the "common" computer user.
- Widget Inc, a New York based software firm, has recently introduced
- such a personal tax package. "This package is so simple to use,
- that parents will most likely get their children to do their taxes
- for them" jokes Melvin Smith, President of Widget Inc.
-
- The software is called "Layman's Tax Preparation" and will soon be
- available in software store's throughout the country. You can
- contact Widget Inc at (800) 555-8373 if you cannot find this
- software locally, or you can send $85 to Widget Inc, Box 3837, New
- York, NY 10007.
-
- This tax package will import data from almost any source including
- ASCII, Lotus, dBase, Quicken, MYM, and almost any other format that
- you can find. It will also export in almost any format. Even non-
- computer and non-financial types are amazed at how easy this
- software is to install and use.
-
- By using a window's styled format, maneuvering through "Layman's
- Tax Preparation" is a breeze, especially for those user's that are
- familiar with a mouse. And if you own a laserjet printer, you will
- be in heaven when it comes time to fill out those forms, this
- package prints exact duplicates of the IRS forms on blank sheets of
- paper. Imagine, never having to stand in line for tax forms again.
-
- Rapid Refund has also been implemented in this package. For those
- of you not familiar with this new fad, it's a system that allows
- you to file your taxes through your modem, thereby speeding up the
- refund process. And still the most amazing part of this package is
- the fact that it can all be done by using a mouse and clicking on
- icons (pictures) of what you want, or you can switch to 123 style
- pull down menu's. This system seems to satisfy even the most hard
- to please computer users.
-