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President's signature sets effective date of various Recovery Act provisions
On Feb. 17, the President signed into law H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act). The President's signature sets the effective date for numerous Recovery Act provisions with an effective date geared to the Feb. 17, 2009 date of enactment, including these provision highlights. The new law, which contains nearly $300 billion in tax relief and significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code, sets in motion a wave of direct spending and tax incentives to jump start the U.S. economy out of recession.
For more details of the Recovery Act, please contact your tax adviser at (559) 432-2346.
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