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Home-based and small business tax tips, financial planning insights, investment strategies... it's all here in Jim Schneider's provocative newsletter, The Taxman86 Speaks...

Sohodojo is pleased to host the archive of our Advisory Board member Jim Schneider's The Taxman86 Speaks newsletter. Jim somehow monitors nearly everything in print and still manages to spew a twice-or-more weekly insightful summary of what's happening that affects home-based and small businesses.

Jim's newsletter is the best source of the latest news about Enterprise Communities, Empowerment Zones and HUB Zones... increasingly fertile ground for growing home-based and small businesses.

Since Jim's newsletter is always hot and timely, we're presenting the archive in reverse chronological order... newest at the top and getting older as you go down the list.

The Taxman86 Speaks... Newsletter Archive

The archive is presented in reverse chronological order, newest at the top of the list.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- May 2001

• 6^th - Welcome to the "New Enterprise Zones," the Tax Relief Act of 2001, and the New San Diego.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- April 2001

• 13^th - The Taxman86 Goes to Washington, D.C., for Enterprise Communities.

• 1^st - It Is April Fools Day But We Have Good News.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- March 2001

• 24^th - What Lawyers Can Do About Corporate Tax Shelters; Make a Deal and Make a Difference; and When Quicken Speaks everyone listens.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- February 2001

• 13^th - Welcome to the Harlem Empowerment Zone, Mr. President.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- December 2000

• 21^st - The End Is Near And We Start A New Beginning; What The New Economy Really Means; The Internet Lives On.

• 20^th - The Taxman86 Goofed; What Are Effective Dates; Who Are The Tax Mechanics

• 17^th - From Little Acorns Do Big Oaks Grow.

• 16^th - The Concept of Enterprise Zones has finally arrived, twenty years later.

• 15^th - We Finally Have A Tax Bill We Are Told.

• 9^th - We May See A Tax Cut Bill After All, Community Renewal Has A Constituency.

• 7^th - The Taxman86 Speaks is Back.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- October 2000

• 27^th - Same time Last Year, and the Year Before; What Does It Cost To improve the Neighborhood; Big Things Are Coming.

• 16^th - The Taxman86 Speaks to Local Business Group.

• 14^th - A Tale Of Two Articles, And Tax Incentives.

• 13^th - Let The Games Begin in 31 Empowerment Zones!

• 12^th - The End Is Near.

• 10^th - Open Letter to Vice President Al Gore, Chr. Community Empowerment Board, Chr. William Roth, Senate Finance Committee, Ranking Member Mr. MOYNIHAN and all the 18 other cosponsors. What happened to the 115 Enterprise Communities?

• 6^th - We Are Getting Our Home Internet-Based Business Message Across; Bigstep Makes Front Page of Wall Street Journal; Home-based Film making Goes Big Time.

• 4^th - We have been quiet but working hard for your benefit.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- September 2000

• 26^th - We are getting closer

• 18^th - Out with the old, in with the new; Where are the Enterprise Communities; Your letter counts.

• 13^th - The Mouse That Roared; From Small Acorns Do Large Oaks Grow; Beta OSX IS Here.

• 12^th - We've been resting after one year.

• 7^th - SPECIAL ALERT! Enterprise Communities Need Your Help!

• 6^th - ERISA Reborn; The Distressed Communities Have A Strong Voice; Home-based Businesses Speak Up.

• 5^th - What is The Plan

• 4^th - A Tale Of Two Cities; Help Is On Its Way.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- August 2000

• 31^st - This Man's Castle Is His Home-based Business; Can California Tax Internet Sales, We Do Not Think So

• 30^th - Where All The Power Is; The Life In The City.

• 29^th - There Is A Light At The End Of The Tunnel; Film Is Changing

• 28^th - The Tale Of Two Cities And One In Between.

• 23^rd - High Speed Internet Is Here; Whose Tax Cut Numbers Are Correct; Five Months And Counting

• 21^st - Let's Hear It For Old Man River; Good Employees Are Hard To Come By; Stock Options Just Do Not Cut It.

• 19^th - Who has been left behind; Who are the "rich ones" we hear about; Getting heard.

• 17^th - Two Ships Passing In The Dark; IRC Section 1045 Reborn into Section 1397B

• 16^th - The World Of Equity Kickers, Also Known As Stock Options Is Changing.

• 15^th - How Is Legislation Made: It Is Called The Common Folk; We Repeat, Enterprise Communities Are Important.

• 14^th - What Comes Around Goes Around; Where Is The Santa Ana Empowerment Zone; Three Weeks And Counting.

• 12^th - The Home-Based Business Lives On; Some things take a long time.

• 11^th - Where Are All The High Tech Employees; Telework Is In; California Wants Its Sales Tax.

• 8^th - War has been declared; Where is the University of Bridgeport; Can Yale University & Buffett make New Haven's Empowerment Zone work.

• 7^th - It takes a village; The marriage penalty got vetoed; We need help now.

• 4^th - We Like Historic Train Stations; Where is MapQuest In Downtown Denver; How Does The Enterprise Zone Businesses and IRC Section 1202 Qualified Small Business Stock Work Under H.R. 4923.

• 3^rd - The Move To Pass Distressed Communities Legislation Grows; A House Is Not A Home.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- July 2000

• 31^st - Where Are The High Tech Employees Going; Our Readers Are Right On Target, The Lawyers Always Win; Can Pittsburgh's Enterprise Community Become The Next Silicon Alley.

• 30^th - A Tale Of Two Cities; The New Economy Will Rule; Where Is 2000's Tax Legislation Going.

• 28^th - The Kids Will Rule; What Is An Intangible; How Do We Develop Affordable Housing.

• 27^th - The Distressed Communities Tax Legislation Finally Arrived With A Bang; Downtown L.A. APPEARS to Lend Itself to Housing...Live at the Office; Small Business Tax Cuts Do Not Make It, But Seniors' Social Security $100B Tax Cut does.

• 24^th - What the Dot-Com Startups Want; Washington, D.C. is Hot; Where the Lawyers are going?

• 22^nd - We have seen the light; Who has the best stuff; Where is the New Markets/Renewal Community Legislation.

• 21^st - The results are in; Whats the big deal; Personal Savings Plans are popular.

• 20^th - Boulder Colorado is High Tech and Open Space; The Compromises are coming; The Garage Band is here to stay, and it is cheap.

• 19^th - The Death Tax Where Art Thou; Is There A Conflict Of Interest; The Tax Train Is Rolling.

• 18^th - Boulder, Colorado is beautiful for retirement; How a Venture Capitalist Does it; What happen when an IPO does well.

• 17^th - The New Economy in action; How the world turns; How do I incorporate a home-base business.

• 15^th - The Ball is in the Adminstration's Court; Where is the Denver Enterprise Community; Where is the Burlington Square Mall.

• 14^th - Let the Games Begin; Where to find the CASH; $5,000 IRA's are in.

• 13^th - When is a house a home-based business; What is 1099.com; Let the good times roll.

• 12^th - As the world turns, a major tax bill is being crafted; What is a HUBZone; Does it pay to incorporate a home-based business as a C Corp.

• 11^th - There is life on old Spring Street; Pension Reform is coming; and Where is Amazon.Com, Inc.

• 10^th - When is a home-based business not a business; What is Nexus for tax purposes; It is the New Economy--Hollywood style; Tech Coast where art thou?

• 7^th - Distressed Communities east of the Mississippi, some are surprises, with New York the key!

• 6^th - Stock Options are popular; Where are the consultants/self-employed; What is the authority for Meals and Lodging?

• 5^th - As the New Economy Turns; Equity Kickers are important; Where are we going; Wealth Taxes/Death Taxes, the end is coming.

• 3^rd - The New World vs. the Old World; Stock Options may be king; Where is the Seattle Enterprise Community.

• 1^st - Let the games begin.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- June 2000

• 30^th - A friend does well; Look mom I got the music, film, or new media; Legislation is coming.

• 29^th - Raising Capital the Angel Way; Do Tax Incentives Work; What is an Empowerment Zone Investment.

• 28^th - The President wants to deal; New Home-based Magazine is on the News stands; Inc.Magazine goes Streaming with our good friends from Sohodojo.com.

• 27^th - The Distressed Communities legislation starts to unfold; Where the REAL CREATIVE ONES do their dirty work; The Marriage Penalty Repeal Plus.

• 26^th - A trip down memorary lane; Where is the Little Rock Enterprise Community; It is called sprawl

• 24^th - The Subway has finally arrived; The Marriage Penalty Repeal is coming; Distressed Communities update.

• 23^rd - The Senate has spoken on Distress Communities.

• 22^nd - The Home-based business movement just got a big boost; Video Streaming is in and the Gaslamp Quarter/San Diego will never be the same; Tax favored neighborhoods will win out; What is a housing allowance and is it taxable income?

• 21^st - The battle has been joined, and Wall Street does not like it.

• 20^th - We have good news and bad news; Today is the longest day of the year; Lawyers are doing well these days.

• 19^th - This is the week; Maybe there will be a compromise; It is the Content that will be king.

• 17^th - We need more high-tech workers; The Marriage Penalty Repeal is coming next; Distressed Communities Legislation has arrived.

• 16^th - Our good friends at Sohodojo.Com go big time with Inc.Com; Tax Legislation is difficult these days; The Distressed Communities Compromise of May 23, 2000 has been put to bed, or has it.

• 15^th - Thin is in; When a house is not a home; and do I have Qualified Small Business Stock.

• 14^th - Do not believe it; How do you keep your employees happy; and here we go again.

• 13^th - We respectiveley disagree.

• 12^th - The Startups keep rolling along; Where are the Enterprise Communities; A man and his dog do well.

• 10^th - The Vote WAS NOT even close and here is the reason why; The small business owner was heard by all; read the 'fine print', the taxman was the big winner.

• 9^th - The Estate Tax Repeal Is Coming with Bipartisan Support; Home-based Business Benefits From Estate Tax Repeal; Why the C Corp?

• 8^th - Where has tax simplification gone; What a difference a block makes; and We will have estate and gift reform this year.

• 7^th - Where are the Federal Enterprise Communities [95]; Do we really care about Distressed Communities.

• 5^th - Creative compensation where art thou; What do I do with my 401(k); and will the print/news media keep the New Economy humming.

• 4^th - The New Economy comes to Low and Moderate Income Areas; San Francisco, CA, San Diego, CA, Phoenix, AZ, Long Beach, CA, Las Vegas, NV, and many other communities will not be the same.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- May 2000

• 30^th - The Web is growing and so is the SOHO market; Kiplinger's Tax Letter misses the point but so does the Washington Post; IRA's and Pensions are coming next.

• 29^th - Memorial Day 2000 - Big News about Distressed Communities Legislation!

• 27^th - The President Speaks and Congress Listens; Estate and Gift Tax Repeal will be here soon; Do I have an Enterprise Zone Business?

• 26^th - SPECIAL EDITION - News from Washington on Distressed Community Legislation

• 15^th - A Tale Of Many Cites - Enterprise Communities and Empowerment Zones Revitalize American Cities

• 14^th - What are 'business premises' for purposes of IRC Section 119?; Urban revitalization is the 'in' thing; Games are 'in' too; Are those shares of common stock from the exercise of a qualified stock option taxable?

• 10^th - It is the Wild Wild West but the lawyers are making all the money; What is the eContract 2000; and Will Zero Capital Gains Zones become a reality?

• 9^th - New from the Hill; How to pass the wealth; When is a house not a home; What happened to tax legislation?; Where is 1299 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, D.C., 20004?

• 8^th - Old ways, New ways; The party's over; Downtown Blues; What do we know about money; and Will there be tax legislation this session?

The Taxman86 Speaks -- April 2000

• 28^th - We have survived; Digital Divide, what is it, and where does it begin; Capital and where to find it.

• 24^th - Where are the Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities?; Where are the Dot-Com Companies; and is the Dot-Com Bubble Going to Burst?

• 22^nd - The Urban Scene is alive and well.

• 21^st - If you cannot fight them join them; Hollywood goes Digital; and is it worth $1,000 a week to be incorporated?

• 20^th - Apple is booming, so is MacAttorney; What are the benefits of a ZERO CAPITAL GAINS TAX FREE ZONE?; and how to make an Urban University work

• 19^th - From the Four Corners to Chicago, from Silicon Valley to Hollywood, from Old Wall Street to the New Wall Street, its the New Economy, lets go for it.

• 18^th - 1999 is over, or is it?; I had $45,000 in taxable income, what did it cost?; and whose tax plan is better?

• 17^th - The President is pushing his New Markets Agenda; What does that mean to you; We have added a ZERO CAPITAL GAINS ZONE WEB PAGE.

• 15^th - Bigstep is alive and well; Clinton-Gore like the Silicon Valley; and the Taxman keeps taking.

• 12^th - What is Nexus for state Sales Tax purposes?; Business is going wireless; and everyone works out of their home.

• 11^th - What is the New Economy?; Where is all the action; Congress is having fun but the Taxman still takes his cut.

• 10^th - Lights, Camera, Action; Dating Silicon Valley Style at Fry's; and Dot-Com Rush.

• 8^th - We have been traveling to Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Community; The Chairman Speaks and everyone listens; Compensation Packages are getting very interesting.

• 4^th - Where is Enron Field in Houston, Texas or Coors Field in Denver Colorado?; The Whitehouse is having an Economic Summit on Distressed Communities; and life begins at 40

• 3^rd - The Glass Ceiling has been broken; What is the New Economy vs. the Old Economy; and what is a tax and financial friendly country?

• 2^nd - Where is San Francisco's Pacific Bell Park?; Should I file a Gift Tax Return; Should I move to Nevada with my Silicon Valley Stock Option; Everyone has a Web Site, including Tracey Ullman and Jennifer Aniston.

The Taxman86 Speaks -- March 2000

• 31^st - Where is E-Commerce going?; Boomers forming Home-based Businesses

• 30^th - What is the Marriage Penalty?; Finding Startup Capital is not very easy; and The New Economy, startups and working 24/7/365

• 29^th - What does a Financial Planner have to know about stock options; Seniors have won, next are the married, but what happened to the Small Business/Home Business owners?

• 28^th - Do tax benefits matter?; Where is the Oakland Enhanced Enterprise Community; This sounds like a great politian

• 26^th - What every good home-based business needs; Stephen King got the message and so did others; Business2.0, Fast Company, Red Herring and The Industry Standard are hot

• 25^th - Saying Goodbye to the 'Burgs; Kids can do the greatest things; The Internet is very interesting; and Salaries and Housing are WAY UP but no inflation is in sight

• 24^th - What do Tax Attorneys and Tax Accountants do; Do you want to take your Home Office Deduction?; We like Movies, so does everyone else; What is a Dot Com Incubator?

• 22^nd - The Newsletter is alive and well; They have come a long way; Incubators are the 'in' thing; and Urban Universities are growing with the New Economy

• 21^st - Where is the Web going?; Internet Tax Moratorium is staying; Tax Incentives for Economically Distressed Areas is alive and well

• 20^th - Bigstep is getting bigger; Downtown Living is alive and well; Dot-Com Incubators are hot; and the public speaks out on Distressed Communities

• 18^th - Newsletter delivery woes and bright spots; The Stock Market Keeps Growing; IPO's Are Up; and my taxes are too high

• 16^th - The Young and the Restless; Things are getting bigger; Can you really defer market gains?

• 15^th - The Taxman86 Speaks and people are listening; The House Ways and Means Committee' Oversight Subcommittee is holding a hearing on Distressed Community Legislation; The President will sign the Small Business Tax Cut Proposals

• 14^th - It is election day and we saw Bush and McCain yesterday; The President Speaks, and the Joint Committee on Taxation listens; and Congress is real busy this week

• 11^th - Business Talent is leaving; There is trouble in river city; To our fans, we are trying

• 10^th - Politics at its best; Tax Savings is in; we need Distressed Community tax incentives; and the Taxman86 Roars

• 6^th - The Votes are in, and now onto the details; Check out the fine print; and we hope the Newsletters go through

• 4^th - When is a house not a home?; The Audit from Hell; and What do our children want to do when they grow up?

• 3^rd - How to beat the Taxman; First the Marriage Penalty, Then the Seniors, Next Comes Health Care, Education, and Small Business; and Hollywood rides again

• 2^nd - Things in the 'tax legislation' world are moving; we have published an 'online article' on tax savings for the home based business in the New Economy; and education is in

• 1^st - The early returns are in; What is an abusive tax shelter?; and Congress is back until the Easter Recess

More back issues coming soon!

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