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Membership Admin Dina (on right) donates a copy of the children's book Hero At Home to reading volunteer Susie from North Newton Elementary School, in Newton NC.
This books helps children understand what life is like for some of the families who have had a parent injured while on active duty. It is our goal to place one of these books in libraries all over the US!
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Find attached photo of me presenting the book to the staff at the Joint Base Meyer Henderson Hall Library (Ft. Myer, Virginia "Home of the Generals"). Thanks so much for the book – the library staff loved it as will the families. Erik Life Member, CIA Read more
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Richard Gardner presenting the book to his local library today (June 14, 2018). The book was received by Jill Scott, Youth Services Asst. Department Manager and Programming Coordinator. Read more
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BB editor Larry Eckard is shown presenting two of the Hero at Home books to the Catawba County, (NC) library system (St Stephens branch). Branch manager Kathy Freeman was extremely pleased to receive the books and promised they would be circulated throughout the county library system to obtain maximum exposure. The picture and special projects ... Read more
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Membership Admin Dina (on right) donates a copy of the children's book Hero At Home to reading volunteer Susie from North Newton Elementary School, in Newton NC. This books helps children understand what life is like for some of the families who have had a parent injured while on active duty. It is our goal ... Read more
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CIAssoc Members, People often ask me the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans' Day. Memorial Day is meant to be a somber day of recollection of those who fell in line of duty and for all veterans who are no longer with us. We remember them and respect their duty. Veterans' Day is a day ... Read more
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2018 brochure application We have created a new two sided brochure/membership application. This can be printed as a two sided document, folded into a brochure, and used as a recruiting tool by all members! You can place these brochures in local veteran's clubs, community centers, libraries, etc. Any place you frequent where you run into ... Read more
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Congratulations to the following winners! Richard O'Brien – $100.00 James Hickey – $250.00 Albert Bonney Sr – $500.00 Daniel Knapp – $1000.00 Thank you to EVERYONE who participated in this Fundraiser. It was a great success! Read more
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CIAssoc Senior Trustee Earl Kennedy, Cadet Skrzypek, Cadet Urban, CIAssoc Div 1 FL State Commander Jerry Frease and CIAssoc Div 1 Commanding Officer Jack Wagner. Members of Company A 1 1 from Div 1 FL and the CIAssoc National Headquarters were proud to present achievement awards and a $500 scholarship to local JROTC Cadets Skrzypek ... Read more
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A big shout out and Thank You to our friends at the Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau. A granite commemorative paver was placed and dedicated on the Heritage Walk at the National Infantry Museum on Veteran's Day 2017. How about this – the first association member to send in a picture of themselves and the ... Read more
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Dear fellow CIB recipients, it is my pleasure to write this welcome piece to all current and potential Combat Infantrymen's Association members. This association is an organization of honor and is reserved exclusively for proven CIB recipients. The meaning of being a CIB recipient is to be held in honor by your community, state, and ... Read more
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The 30/30/30 Show here in Moscow will open on December 14th. Sneak Peek December 13th. 30 Artists, 30 artworks each - 900 Pieces of original art. Stay Tuned.
Kelsey's 30+1 Show debut was tonight. And what a great show! If you are in the area please go see it. All work is 30$ each. Buy Local. Buy Art! I snagged a wonderful little landscape by artist Linda Scott... which I will post as soon as my new camera arrives... because my old camera is hiding somewhere...
Here is a snippet of info about the 30 +1 show. It's up til December 27. Except the piece I bought, which is home with me now. And mine, all mine.
Several local businesses, including The Blue Lantern Coffee House, Studio 202 and The Creative Shop, will host a "Two Block Art Walk," featuring the results from participating artists of the 30+1 Challenge, an event by Blue Sky Mondays. Participants created thirty 5x7 original pieces in thirty days, plus one collaborative piece. All work is priced at $30 and sold in a "Grab & Go" format. The show will run through December 27th.
Prizes will be given for people's choice. Voters will be entered into a drawing for one 5x7 original.
Participating artists include: Patti Lee, Courtney Brockett, Melissa Bonnett, Joseph Filler, David Berry, Linda Scott, Virginia Doak, Kelsey Grafton, Deon Douglass, Nancy Morrison, Noah Schuerman, Marlys Seubert, Robin Harvey, Carmelita Nedrow, Jennifer Whitted, Jennelle Brunner, and Wanda Keefer.
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A day after some of his top aides said he was likely to attack Vice President Al Gore for campaign finance abuses, former Senator Bill Bradley held back his toughest punches today and instead accused Mr. Gore of being dishonest on the issues of abortion and gun control.
But later in the evening, Mr. Bradley talked in general terms about the embarrassment the Democratic Party suffered from the Clinton-Gore campaign's aggressive fund-raising in 1996. He did not mention the vice president by name.
''We have to face up to the fund-raising scandals of 1996,'' Mr. Bradley told a gathering of New Hampshire Democrats tonight. ''They were disgraceful for both Republicans and Democrats, but they were most embarrassing for Democrats, because we're the party of the little guy. We're the reform party.''
Earlier, at an event intended to appeal to New Hampshire's large number of independent voters, Mr. Bradley picked up the endorsement of former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. of Connecticut, a Republican turned independent. He then proceeded to attack Mr. Gore's integrity.
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Some of Mr. Bradley's aides had predicted he would directly attack Mr. Gore for his role in the party's fund-raising in the 1996 campaign. Many people consider the issue to be Mr. Gore's greatest political liability, largely because Attorney General Janet Reno has investigated fund-raising phone calls made from the White House by President Clinton and Mr. Gore. She decided there was no evidence of wrongdoing.
The decision to avoid criticizing Mr. Gore about those events reflected disagreements among Mr. Bradley's top advisers over how to approach a potentially potent, and contentious, line of attack against the vice president.
It also suggested that Mr. Bradley's advisers, and Mr. Bradley himself, remain uncertain about how far they want to take their newly aggressive attacks, which began this week.
In discussions that went late into Thursday night, some advisers argued that Mr. Weicker's announcement would be an ideal time to raise the fund-raising issue. But others said it would muddy the message of the event: an appeal by Mr. Weicker to independent voters. Mr. Bradley himself was involved in those discussions, the aides asserted.
While the advisers decided against mentioning Mr. Gore in criticizing the 1996 fund-raising, they said today that Mr. Bradley might yet attack the vice president on the issue this weekend.
For his part, Mr. Gore said today that his campaign would refrain from attacks. Arriving in New Hampshire after a trip to Washington for the State of the Union address, Mr. Gore said, ''I'm going to emphasize the positive.''
The vice president, who is trying in these final days to win over New Hampshire's independent voters, made almost no reference to the president's address. But he did seek credit for being part of an administration that has overseen a near-record economic expansion.
Mr. Gore was asked in local television interviews about Mr. Bradley's stepped-up aggressiveness in attacking him. But after months of insinuations that Mr. Bradley's proposed economic program would squander the surplus and risk taking the country into recession, he was determined today to stay above the fray.
''See,'' Mr. Gore said, ''I'm not going to get down to that level. I'm going to continue to emphasize a positive agenda.''
Mr. Gore said repeatedly that the voters did not want to hear negative attacks.
Throughout the day Mr. Bradley used his New Hampshire campaign appearances to accuse Mr. Gore of being untruthful about three issues of great importance to many Democratic voters: abortion, health care and gun control.
At a morning event in Lebanon, Mr. Bradley asserted that Mr. Gore had used ''tricky'' words to mislead voters into thinking that he supported the licensing of all owners of handguns, when he had actually called for licensing only new buyers.
And he asserted that Mr. Gore has said he supports universal health care without offering such a plan. Mr. Gore contends that his proposal for expanding health care would cover nearly as many people as Mr. Bradley's plan, and at a lower cost.
''I think when you listen to Al Gore speak, you have to listen very carefully,'' Mr. Bradley said. ''Because old politics uses words in a very tricky manner.''
Later, in response to a reporter's question, Mr. Bradley asserted that Mr. Gore had been dishonest about changes in his views on abortion. Mr. Gore says he has always supported a woman's right to an abortion, but Mr. Bradley asserts that the vice president was once an opponent of abortion.
''I'm glad his position evolved,'' Mr. Bradley said. But, he added, ''why does his camp say he's always held this position?''
Mr. Bradley's campaign also began running a television commercial today describing him as the only presidential candidate who has consistently supported a woman's right to an abortion.
The Gore campaign countered by releasing a letter signed by more than 40 Democratic members of Congress vouching for the vice president's support of abortion rights and urging Mr. Bradley not to create ''differences that do not exist'' between the two Democrats.
But Mr. Gore has a mixed record on abortion, having voted several times while he was in the House against the position favored by abortion-rights advocates. Anita Dunn, an adviser to Mr. Bradley, said tonight that indeed there were differences between the two candidates, in that Mr. Bradley has always supported abortion rights.
The Bradley campaign is hoping to magnify Mr. Gore's claim about having always supported abortion rights into a larger question about his character and his ability to tell the truth.
''We think it's an issue that people are curious about, and coming off of the debate it raises questions about candidates' positions and whether they have been totally truthful in the past,'' Ms. Dunn said.
The Gore campaign was clearly concerned about the emergence of abortion as an issue in the Democratic primary. The letter that it released tonight tries to divert attention from Mr. Gore's votes against federal funding for abortions for poor women and put the focus on the the fact that the leading Republican contender, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, opposes abortion.Continue reading the main story


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Harold Gordon Pemberton "Steep" Wade, pianist, saxophonist (born 19 January 1918 in Montréal, QC; died 6 December 1953 in Montréal). A jazz musician of considerable legend, Wade is thought to have been largely self-taught.
Wade played alto saxophone or piano 1937-46 in Montréal and elsewhere with, in turn, the pianist Myron Sutton's Canadian Ambassadors, the trumpeter Jimmy Jones, and the saxophonist Lloyd Duncan's Seven Sharp Swingsters. It was as a member 1946-9 of the trumpeter Louis Metcalf's International Band that he established his reputation in Montreal as a bebop pianist with particular skill as an accompanist in the style of Bud Powell. A fixture with Metcalf at the Café St-Michel, Wade was an influence on, or mentor to, many of the city's jazz pianists, including Oscar Peterson. Wade was less active in the remaining few years before his death (presumed to be drug or alcohol related), although he participated 7 Feb 1953 in a concert at the Chez Paree with the US saxophonist Charlie Parker. A single performance from the afternoon, Embraceable You, was later issued on Bird on the Road (Jazz Showcase 5003), and is one of just a half-dozen known recordings of Wade.
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Gilmore, John. Swinging in Paradise: The Story of Jazz in Montreal (Montreal: Véhicule Press 1988)
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Intel Corporation will unveil its latest and greatest consumer-level microprocessor, the Celeron 466, next week. The new Celeron will ship with a new chipset in June that integrates a high quality 3D video display, dubbed Direct AGP, directly into the microprocessor, making an external video card unnecessary. The video subsystem will feature up to 6 MB of dedicated RAM. Additionally, the 466 Celeron marks a firm return to the Pentium-style pin grid array chip, rather than the Slot 1 daughtercard used by the Pentium II and earlier Celerons: Actually, previous Celerons were available in both styles, but the 466 is only available in a pin grid array.
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Pie is such a classic American dessert, it almost seems sacrilegious to alter. We know it as being baked round, served sliced and deep with filling. But imagine a pie in a different shape.
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From the earliest drawings of the caveman, to the prolific painters of the renaissance, to the writers of great literary classics around the world, art and man are simply inseparable. This fall, share your work with the hip D.C. arts scene. These competitions and opportunities are sure to inspire the artist — or at least the art collector — in you.
Maryland Federation of Art
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Join in the 10th Annual Small Wonders competition by submitting your two- or three-dimensional original works of art for consideration in this juried competition. The juror, Laura Amussen, is director of exhibitions and art collection coordinator at Goucher College. Artists may enter a maximum of six original works. Cash awards total $1,000. The chosen works will be exhibited in the MFA's Circle Gallery.
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In this competition, 145 screenplays are judged, then whittled down to six top scripts. The selected scripts will then be performed via a table reading before a live audience Sept. 15 and 16. Audience members vote on their favorites. The winning writer will receive $2,000 to shoot his or her project.
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Submit your best photographs to this juried exhibit. Photos in black and white, color, non-silver and computer-manipulated formats are welcome. Work will be judged by the National Portrait Gallery's Curator of Photographs Will Stapp. With more than 40 years in the industry, Stapp is the founding curator of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Best in show receives $1,000.
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The D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities is looking to purchase two- and three-dimensional works of art including prints, drawings, paintings, photographs, mixed media compositions, ceramics and movable sculptures. If you're a video artist or technological innovator – great. The DCCAH is looking for submissions from you too. Conceptual and abstract art is also welcome. Each artist should submit up to ten images for consideration. The opportunity is open to artists who live in or maintain studio space in the D.C. metro area, however preference is given to D.C. residents.
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Moven (Movencorp Inc) and Life.SREDA (Venture Fund) today announced the formation of a strategic partnership and investment by Life.SREDA in Moven's ongoing early stage development with the service currently in beta in the U.S.
Life.SREDA is a venture capital fund focusing on investments in financial technology-based mobile and Internet projects, but focused on unique ideas, strong founding teams, and a strong monetization model. Life.SREDA's investment in Moven is amongst the very first investments the fund has made in North America, and Moven was chosen for its unique approach to the next-generation bank account.
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Moven wants to solve the problem of day-to-day banking with a simple app and instant feedback designed to give consumers more control and help them spend, save, and live smarter.
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Moven (formerly Movenbank) is the first fully digital, mobile-direct banking service that customer's choose to live better with their money. Moven was founded in 2010 and launched in alpha in 2011 to a widespread display of positive media attention and industry recognition across the globe. In August 2012, Moven announced $2.41M in seed round funding, led by leading Fintech investors, Anthemis Group, and Raptor Ventures.
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Life.SREDA is a venture capital fund focusing on investments in financial mobile and Internet projects around the globe. The fund offers a possibility of product promotion in the growing Russian and East European markets considering the opportunities provided by LIFE Financial Group that has 8 commercial banks and more than 700 branches with highly proficient consultants providing services to around 3 million private-individuals and hundred thousand SMEs.
The current portfolio consists of several startups including Instabank, Life.Pay, LifePAD and MyApps. The fund has strategic partnership relations with Anthemis Group. For more information, visit lifesreda.com.


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Hey, even if you have seen it, head on over and watch last season's finale in preparation for the premiere tomorrow night (which is 9pm on FOX by the way).
Anyways, here are Five Reasons Why I'm Excited for New Girl, with the help of my favourite New Girl gifs:
1. Schmidt.
One of my favourite things about New Girl are "Schmidtisms". "Schmidtisms" are lines and words that Shmidt has said over the past two seasons that have made him worthy of the "Douche Bag Jar. Like when Schmidt got Nick all dressed up for his date with Jess, and told him that when his date complimented him on his suit he needed to say, "I'm wearing Schmidt".
2. Jess just gets me.
Out of all the shows I watch, and have ever watched, (which is heaps) I've never actually had a character get me. Anything she says sounds like it's come directly from my head and out of her mouth. And to be honest, I've exhausted all of my New Girl quotes from Seasons 1&2, and I need new material.
3. Hannah Simone is a Canuck!
Okay, I love Cece, she is incredibly loyal to her best friend, Jess, is hilarious, and has won the heart of Shmidt. But even more, I love Hannah Simone, the actress who plays her. She is from Toronto, and as if that isn't enough, she is also an alumni from my university, which makes me feel like I know her personally. I mean, we practically went to school together.
4. Nick Miller.
Okay, so he's a bit of an odd ball (um, same), he has a lousy job, is bad with his money, and is normally grumpier than the grumpy cat. But, he's just so adorable. Plus, this:
5. Jess & Nick. Sigh.
'Nuff said.
So, will you guys be watching New Girl tomorrow night? Let me know!


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Tax Management Portfolio, Film Production: Basis Recovery and Federal Incentives (Portfolio 599),
No. 599-2nd, provides a comprehensive analysis of the revenue
recognition, basis recovery issues and federal incentives applicable to
the media and filmed entertainment industry. This Portfolio begins with
an overview of the evolution of film production over time and provides a
glimpse into the broadcast and cable network television business. The
Portfolio continues with an extensive discussion of tax ownership (and
common financing and production transactions) and relevant copyright law
guidance and topics. The Portfolio then provides a primer on revenue
recognition, addressing common fact patterns and issues associated with
theatrical film distribution, home video and sales/returns, and other
matters. The section was tailored to frame the subject in a manner
useful to various types of content producers, licensors and
distributors. The Portfolio also addresses the Extraterritorial Income
Exclusion and its relevance to media and entertainment companies.
The Portfolio then addresses tax basis topics and launches into an
analysis of depreciation methods applicable to production properties,
including the amortization of intangibles under §167, the history,
evolution and application of the income forecast method of depreciation,
the amortization of §197 intangibles and basis recovery for abandoned
property (including pre-development costs). This Portfolio also covers
in detail §181, a federal incentive designed to deter runaway
(i.e., non-U.S.) production, and which provides a current deduction for
production costs paid or incurred for qualified film and television
production. The Portfolio similarly addresses §199 as relevant to the
film production (theatrical, free-TV, pay-TV, home video, etc.)
and distribution industry. The Portfolio also addresses the recovery of
software development and research expenses (and research credit
eligibility) with a similar focus and discusses the manner in which
certain production incentives might be accounted for under Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). This Portfolio closes with a
discussion of the pertinent issues involved in the disposition of film
assets, which is equally applicable to video games, on-line content, and
television content.
The creation of this portfolio was spurred by two
objectives. First, the authors wished to consolidate and coordinate in
one place various pieces of theatrical film, home video, on-line
content, cable and television, and licensing arrangement guidance
regarding income recognition, basis recovery, and federal incentives. We
believe a text that appropriately weaves such strands together, to
enable the reader to view the entire tapestry, may facilitate meaningful
issue identification and use from a planning and compliance
perspective. Second, the authors believe an industry specific point of
view, reflecting transactional and business realities, and commentary
would be of value to a reader interested in the tax considerations
addressed from both a historical and future planning point of view. A
note about what this text is not. The text does not address every
conceivable deal structure, property interest, technology evolution, or
income tax issue. The text was purposefully limited to certain topics so
that a more in-depth coverage could be accorded to these topics. The
authors have not sought herein to read obscure footnotes from obsolete
case law, under poor back-lot lighting, to support general propositions;
but, rather, we have endeavored to reflect the state of the law with its
areas of clarity and ambiguity from a practical and realistic
Detailed Analysis
I. Introduction: A Brief History of Film Production
Introductory Material
A. Early Filmed Entertainment and Content Evolution
1. The 1890s Through the 1940s
2. Trends in Talent Contracts Leading Up to the Television Era
3. The 1950s Through the Twentieth Century
4. Emerging Trends in the Twenty-First Century
B. Film Producers Over Time
C. Film Production Technology Evolution
D. That's a Wrap
II. Relevancy of Older Internal Revenue Service Final Published Guidance
A. Introduction
B. Deference to Regulations
C. Overview of Non-Regulatory Guidance
D. Taxpayer Reliance Upon Published Revenue Rulings and Final Guidance
E. Reliance on Technical Advice Memoranda and Taxpayer Specific Guidance
III. Tax Ownership for Depreciation
A. Origins of Ownership: Frequently Utilized Film Production, Acquisition and Distribution Transactions
B. Ownership of What? Tangible vs. Intangible Property and Related Matters
C. Transfer of a Film Interest: Sale vs. Lease or License
D. Sale of a Film Interest vs. Performance of Services
E. Benefits and Burdens of Ownership Analysis
1. The Existence of Purchase Options
F. Financing Transactions: Sale Lease-Backs and Cross-Border Transactions
G. The Danielson Rule vs. Strong Proof Rule
H. Statutory and Common Law Limitations on the Deduction Amount
1. Section 465: At Risk Rules
a. Background
b. General Rules
c. At-Risk Defined
(1) Money and Other Property
(2) Amounts Borrowed
(a) Personal Liability
(b) Nonrecourse Financing and Guarantees
(c) Lenders with an Interest in the Activity
2. Section 183: Activities Not Engaged in for Profit
3. Anti-Abuse Doctrines
a. Step Transaction Doctrine
b. Business Purpose Doctrine
c. Economic Substance Doctrine
IV. Basis Rules Overview
A. Overview
B. Cost Basis
C. Debt as a Component of Basis
D. Common Transactions Establishing Basis
1. Acquisition of Assets
2. Acquisition of Trade or Business that Holds the Assets
3. Section 263(a): Amounts Paid to Create, Acquire or Enhance Intangible Assets
E. Section 263A Capitalization
F. Impact of Film Incentives on Basis
V. Methods of Depreciation
A. Purpose of Depreciation
1. Matching of Income with Expense
2. Recovering Investment in Property
B. Overview of Depreciation Under § 167
1. General Rule
2. Scope of Property Covered
a. Tangible Property
b. Intangible Property
3. Entitlement to Depreciation or Amortization
4. Amortization of Intangibles with Limited Useful Life Under Regs. § 1.167(a)-3
a. Useful Life of 15 Years
b. Special Rules for Certain Transactions
c. Depreciation Method
5. Useful Life Estimated with Reasonable Accuracy
a. General Examples of Proving Limited Useful Life
b. Film Industry Examples
6. Amortization of Intangibles Under Regs. § 1.167(a)-14
a. Amortization of Certain Rights to Receive Tangible Property or Services
b. Amortization of Rights of Fixed Duration or Amount
c. Amortization of Patents or Copyrights
7. Interplay with § 168 Property
C. Placed In Service Requirement
1. Definition of Placed In Service
2. Film Industry Examples
D. Basis for Depreciation
E. Election for Each Item of Property
F. Depreciation Methods
1. Overview of Straight-Line Method
2. Overview of Sum of the Years-Digits Method
3. Overview of the Unit of Production Method
4. Depreciation Methods for Rights to Broadcast Live or Delayed Content
5. Section 467
a. When Applicable
b. Accrual of Rental Payments
c. Potential Application to Film Contracts
G. Income Forecast Method
1. General Concept and Historical Background
2. Chronological History of Applicable Guidance
a. Application to Motion Picture Films and Forecasted Future Revenue
b. Payments by Television Station for the Right to Exhibit Films Over a Limited Duration for Limited and Unlimited Airings
(1) Rev. Rul. 62-20
(2) KIRO, Inc.: Sliding Scale Method
c. Application to Motion Picture Film Production-Service Partnerships
d. Application to Book Manuscripts, Patents and Master Recordings and Early Service Guidance Regarding the Placed in Service Requirement
e. Application to Videocassettes
f. Application to Video Game Machines
g. Application to Rent-to-Own Industry
3. Guidance on Calculation of Income Forecast Method Deduction
4. Transamerica Corp. v. U.S.: Participations and Residuals Included in Total Cost of Film Production
5. Associated Patentees Approach to Treatment of Participations and Residuals
6. Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 Codifies the Income Forecast Method of Accounting
a. Overview and Effective Dates
b. Determination of Estimated Income
c. Determination of Income Forecast Property Costs
d. Look-Back Method
7. Chief Counsel Advice 199936044: Internal Revenue Service Prior View Regarding Deductibility Under § 404 of Movie Participation Payments
8. Prop. Regs. § 1.167(n): Guidance Issued on the Income Forecast Method
a. Overview of Prop. Regs. § 1.167(n) and Effective Dates
b. Income Forecast Method: In General
c. Income From the Property
d. Property Covered
e. Computation of Depreciation Under the Income Forecast Method
f. Basis
g. Look-Back Method for Computing Interest
9. American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: Resolution of the Participations and Residuals and Gross vs. Net Issues
10. January 2005 Large and Mid-Sized Business Division Directive on Disposition of Income Forecast Method Issues for Taxpayers With Movie and Television Production Income
11. Notice 2006-47
VI. Section 181: Treatment of Qualified Film and Television Production
A. Overview
1. Enacting Legislation
2. Purpose of Enactment
3. State of the Industry
B. Scope of Costs Covered by § 181
C. Statutory Requirements and Regulatory Guidance
1. Production Covered and Effective Dates
2. Tax Ownership Rule
3. Productions Costs
a. Production Defined
(1) In General
(2) Special Rule for Television Series
(3) Treatment of Spin-Offs and Shows That Go on Hiatus
(4) Exception
b. Production Costs Defined
4. 75 Percent Compensation Test
a. In General
b. Compensation Defined
c. Qualified Compensation Defined
(1) Special Rule for Animated Films
(2) Special Rule for Mixed Live Action and Animated Films
d. Special Rule for Acquired Productions
e. Treatment of Participations and Residuals
5. Dollar Limitation
a. In General
(1) $15 Million Dollar Limitation
(2) Treatment of Participations and Residuals
b. Higher Dollar Limitation for Low Income Communities or Areas of Distress
(1) Production Cost Test
(2) Total Days of Principal Photography Test
6. No Placed In Service Requirement
D. Method of Election and Transition Rules
1. Timing of Election - In General
2. Information Required
3. Special Election Permitted: Transition Rules
4. How to Revoke a § 181 Election
E. Impact on Other Depreciation or Amortization Deductions
F. Other Defined Terms
1. Production Personnel
2. Actors
3. United States
G. Cost Allocation
H. Application of § 1245 Recapture Provisions to § 181 Costs
1. Circumstances Requiring Recapture
2. When to Report
3. Recapture Amount
4. Section 1245 Treatment
I. Applicability of § 181 Election to Film Financing Transactions for Individuals
J. State Non-Conformity to § 181
VII. Section 197
A. Overview
B. General Rules
1. Amortizable § 197 Intangible
2. Treatment of Sports Franchises
3. Separately Acquired Interests and Rights
4. Other Special Rules
C. Acquisition of Trade or Business Requirement
D. Computational Issues
1. General Framework for Computing Amortization
2. Contingent Amounts
3. Basis Determinations and Dispositions
a. Basis Determinations
b. Assumed Liabilities: Case Illustration – Acquired Broadcast Rights Contracts
c. Dispositions and Related Issues
(1) Loss Disallowance Rules
(2) Specified Non-Recognition and Exchange Transactions
VIII. Accounting for Abandonment Losses
A. Overview of Deduction of Losses Under § 165
1. General Rule for Deducting Losses
2. Requirements to Establish Abandonment
a. In General
b. Overt Acts of Abandonment
B. Application to Film Creative Development Costs
1. Overview of Film Creative Development Costs
2. Statement of Position 00-2: GAAP Rules
3. Industry Issue Resolution Program
4. Industry Proposals
5. IRS Position and Guidance Issued
a. Revenue Ruling 2004-58
b. Revenue Procedure 2004-36
IX. Section 199: Domestic Production Deduction
A. Overview
1. Section 199 Purpose and Guidance History
2. Computation of the Benefit
3. Entities for Which the Benefit Is Available
4. Treatment Under the June 2006 Final Regulations for Current Film Production Arrangements
5. Treatment Under the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008
B. General Application
1. Expanded Affiliated Group Treated as One Taxpayer
2. W-2 Wage Limitation
3. Qualified Production Activities Income
4. Domestic Production Gross Receipts
5. Allocation or Apportionment of Deductions
C. Qualified Film
1. Domestic Content Test
a. Notice 2005-14
b. October 2005 Proposed Regulations
c. June 2006 Final Regulations
d. June 2007 Proposed Regulations
2. By the Taxpayer Requirement
a. Notice 2005-14 and October 2005 Proposed Regulations
b. June 2006 Final Regulations
c. June 2007 Proposed Regulations
(1) Domestic Content Test
(2) Produced by the Taxpayer
a. Requirement of a Lease, Rental, License, Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition
b. Advertising Income
c. Related Party Rules
4. Qualified Film on Tangible Personal Property
5. Duplication
6. Statistical Sampling for Older Films
7. June 2007 Proposed Regulations: Paid or Incurred
8. Specifically Excluded Sources of Revenue
X. Research and Development Costs
A. Treatment of Certain Costs to Produce and Develop Production and Distribution Technology
B. Software Development Costs
1. Revenue Procedure 69-21 and Revenue Procedure 2000-50
a. Definition of Computer Software
b. Option to Expense or Amortize Development Costs
c. Time and Manner Requirements
2. Automatic Change in Accounting. Rev. Proc. 2007-16
C. Section 174: Research and Experimental Costs
1. Overview
a. Elections to Expense or Amortize
b. Application by Project or in General
2. Research and Experimental Expenditures Definition
a. General Types of Expenditures and Effective Dates
b. Reasonableness Requirement
c. Special Rules for Expenditures for the Acquisition or Improvement of Land or Other Depreciable Property
3. Time and Manner Requirements
a. In General
b. Specific Rules of Revenue Ruling 58-74 and Revenue Ruling 90-38
c. Automatic Consent Procedures Applicable to Research and Experimental Expenditures Under § 174
D. Section 59(e): Optional 10-Year Write-Off
1. Election to Deduct Straight Line Over 10 Years
2. Proposed Treasury Regulations
a. Project Based Accounting Requirement
b. Documentation Requirements
3. Final Treasury Regulations
a. Time and Manner Requirements
b. Specific Dollar Amount Requirement
E. Section 41: Research Credit
1. Overview
a. General Calculation
b. Qualified Research Expenses ("QREâ€)
(1) In-House Research Expenses
(2) Contract Research Expenses
2. Definition of Qualified Research
a. Satisfaction of § 174
b. Technological in Nature
c. Development of New or Improved Business Component
d. Process of Experimentation
3. Internal Use Software
a. Section 41(d)(4)(E) Definition
b. High Threshold of Innovation Test
(1) Innovative
(2) Significant Economic Risk
(3) Not Commercially Available
4. Alternative Incremental Credit: Alternative to Traditional Credit
5. Alternative Simplified Credit: Alternative to Alternative Incremental Credit
a. Overview
b. General Computation
c. Industry Application
6. Notable Exceptions
a. Funded Research Exception
b. Style and Taste Exception
c. TSR, Inc. v. Commissioner
7. Two Material Computational Considerations: Defining Gross Receipts and Acquisitions and Dispositions
a. Definition of Gross Receipts
b. Intra-Controlled Group Sales
c. Impact of a Merger or Acquisition on Base Calculations
XI. Disposition of Film Assets Overview
A. Overview
B. Recognition of Gain or Loss: Section 1001
C. Certain Non-Recognition Transactions: Section 1031
D. Capital Gain Treatment and § 1231 Property
1. Capital Asset
2. Section 1231
E. Depreciation Recapture
F. Charitable Contributions
Working Papers
Table of Worksheets
Worksheet 1 Sample Calculation: Income Forecast Method - Form 8866 (Look-back Calculation) Support
Worksheet 2 Sample Calculation: Income Forecast Method - Film Amortization (Year 5 Look-back)
Worksheet 3 Montana Film Production Incentives: Excerpts from Montana Film Office Web Site
Worksheet 4 Excerpts from U.S. Department of Commerce Report, "The Migration of U.S. Film and Television Production: Impact of 'Runaways' on Workers and Small Businesses in the U.S. Film Industry,†2001
Worksheet 5 Federal-State Section 199 Conformity Chart
Worksheet 6 Glossary of Commonly Used Terms in the Motion Picture Industry
Treasury Regulations:
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Articles on ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC 3
Using the Model Keyword in Razor - ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta - The following article demonstrates how to use the @model directive to use strongly typed views in the Razor view engine
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Searching for IT in Karachi
Feb 22, 2005 5:00 AM PT
Two motorcycles collide, Ben Hur style, spilling four lads out across the roadway, slick with gray water. They pick themselves up, brush off their clothes, pull fenders and other peripherals back into place, then speed away. Not one harsh word is exchanged. Nor is there a single helmet among the lot of them.
Welcome to the old Saddar market area of Karachi, Pakistan, where computers, mobile devices, and other electronics are sold. Business is booming here, with goods flying out of the stores like birds freed from a cage.
There is a hunt going on. Nearby in the same old downtown area on the following night, I spot two men attempting to climb over an iron fence. They are the first Westerners that I've seen outside a hotel in more than two weeks here. They are attempting to cross a busy street and have become stranded by heavy traffic. I wonder if they will starve.
Leading the Market
The hunt I'm on is to discover markets for information technology in Pakistan and to find software and call center firms that will perform well if provided with outsourcing contracts from U.S. clients.
As U.S. firms attempt to follow the market into an increasingly saturated India, Indian firms are looking to lower their costs by coming to Pakistan, which is 30 percent cheaper than India for IT work and has an underutilized talent pool of English speakers and computer science graduates.
These Indian firms are onto something. Why follow the market when you can lead it?
Before the Boom
Karachi feels like the Bangalore that I knew in 1995, when I was there to help found a software startup specializing in artificial intelligence. That was before the boom that has strained the availability of high quality IT labor availability across all of India except Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
Pakistan now has better long-term economic fundamentals than India did both then and now. With inflation at 4 percent per year, a good track record on reducing foreign debt, and a prime minister whose last job was as the No. 3 person at Citibank, Pakistan has been sending strong signals on investment and trade.
Pakistan taxes domestic IT services at 5 percent. IT products and services destined for international markets are not taxed at all. This compares to India's new 36 percent tax on foreign owned IT and research and development operations there. India will always have a strong position in the market for global IT services, but Pakistan's emergence signals new high quality, low-cost service options -- and a less protectionist market for U.S. exports.
Back Alleys of Karachi
In the back alleys of this megalopolis of 30 million people (14 million in the city proper) on the shores of the Arabian Sea, I have yet to stumble upon a hidden outsourcing facility.
Staying in a rundown colonial-era mansion in downtown Kolkata a few years ago, I was surprised to find that an old horse stable on the property had been turned into an Oracle service center. It still looked like a stable. Inside the dimly lit room were rows of tiny monochrome monitors, manned by quiet workers, mostly women.
"Can you find us any Oracle work?" asked the mansion's owner.
"Can you find these people bigger monitors?" should have been my reply, "and a proper restroom?"
Here in Karachi, everything has been on the up and up, so far.
In Karachi I expected to see a bunch of brand new companies going after bottom-end business from the U.S. In the call center space, there are almost a dozen firms like that in Pakistan now, compared to half a dozen merchant firms here that are going after high-end business.
Karachi has only seen three call center failures over the last two years, all small operations. In 18 months, this number is expected to increase as unprepared investors enter and exit the field.
Pakistan's government is pushing local investors to start IT businesses here. Because neither the government nor local investors have much of an idea about where new IT firms should focus, there is a risk that the IT industry will repeat the mistakes made over the last five years in India.
In India, the hype about IT drove countless entrepreneurs to engage in businesses in which they had no chance of success. In that country I've seen software firms open, maintain a full staff, and then close without ever implementing a single commercial contract. One in Chennai went on that way for three years. It's painful to watch and even more painful to try to work with people in those circumstances.
Established History
One surprise about Pakistan's software industry is that there are numerous well-established firms that have been in business here for a long time. Pakistani IT firms have been quietly doing work for international clients such as Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and Fry's Electronics while those clients' slower competitors follow the herd into Pakistan's neighbor.
The oldest international outsourcing firm in Pakistan is Solutions, which started providing payroll-processing services in 1977 and now builds and customizes mortgage processing and escrow software.
A host of hardware support firms and ISPs have long histories in Pakistan too. International technology firms have generally not bothered to set up permanent support operations here. They have made minimal marketing efforts in Pakistan, or have done so indirectly, through languid Indian offices with no interest in selling or supporting anything in Pakistan.
How To Export to Pakistan
American firms seem clueless about marketing to Pakistan, constantly repeating the same strategic mistakes. Red Hat, for example, by selling to Pakistan through India, has seriously undermined its market potential in this country. Red Hat's Indian office reportedly hoards marketing funds and research and development resources. It also refuses to sell the full range of Red Hat products to firms in Pakistan.
Symantec's arrangement of selling to Pakistan through South Africa is another example of marketing ineffectuality.
American firms need to make direct sales relationships with distributors in Pakistan. Otherwise, they will continue to abandon the market to local firms and to the Europeans. Hiring non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the U.S. to head sales and marketing efforts directed at Pakistan invites problems.
Domestic Focus
Home grown IT service firms in Pakistan have tended to focus on the domestic market. A good example is ZRG.com. This Karachi-based firm builds and sells its own automated call distributors (ACDs), interactive voice response units (IVRs), recording devices, and other call handling solutions.
ZRG.com has never worked on a project that involved having its corporate customers make or receive calls outside of Pakistan. The scale of the projects that they have been involved in has also been small. ZRG's largest call center project to date is 225 seats.
Other Pakistani firms have taken U.S. products and provided ad-ons to make them faster and cheaper to use, as ArwenTech.com has done with Cisco routers.
One firm to watch is InfiniLogic.com, which provides content to more than 4,500 e-commerce Web sites around the globe. Their sales people work closely with their technical staff to help make sure that clients' expectations are met. They hired overseas Pakistanis returning from the U.S., whose Americanized speech often causes clients to think they are dealing with a U.S. firm.
To expand their international presence, InfiniLogic's COO Ayub Khan went to a language school in Karachi and asked two German language instructors there to join his German language services section. To convince them, Ayub offered the instructors twice what they were making as teachers.
Ayub has turned down opportunities for mid-level or low-level call center work, preferring to focus on his firm's core e-commerce capabilities. It was a surprise to hear Ayub's perfect English accent, acquired growing up and working in England.
Competitive Position
Karachi's biggest surprise came at e-commerce infrastructure firm Etilize.com. When I asked their cofounder and CTO, Aamir Baig, who he was competing against, I expected that we were going to have "the India conversation" again. Instead, Aamir responded by saying that his competitors are in Israel and the U.S. One is also in Russia.
"India last year had IT exports of [US]$10 billion to $14 billion, whereas Israel had $35 billion," Aamir said, adding that Israel's population is only about 7 million people, including Palestinians. India, in comparison, has more than 1 billion people.
Aamir said that his firm is not going to compete with India for low-end work. Instead, he competes with firms in the U.S. and Israel -- on the basis of brainpower.
Aamir has lived most of his life in the U.S., although he was born in Pakistan. Hip, handsome and well spoken, I asked him why he had chosen to move away from the U.S. and locate his e-commerce firm in Karachi.
"People are what it really boils down to," Aamir said, adding, "Pakistan was our natural first choice."
Anthony Mitchell , an E-Commerce Times columnist, has been involved with the Indian IT industry since 1987, specializing through InternationalStaff.net in offshore process migration, call center program management, turnkey software development and help desk management.


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Coach Jim and Tammy's wedding
|Posted on February 21, 2015 at 6:00 PM
I just meet a wonderful engaged couple who are both soccer coaches..it reminded me of the wedding I did for coach Jim of the Timbers and his bride Tammy. Actually there are many weddings I forgot to blog about , but I will start with this one since soccer is on my mind. The theme flower was to be the sunflower because of a Timbers senimential reason but Tammy wanted it to look classy and loved lilies herself. Here is her bouquet since I usually start with the bridal bouquet .
The ceremony and reception were all in the same room above Kellys Irish Pub. So we kept the bright sunflowers in the entrance and on the cake areas. They used cupcakes too.and the nutural shades of pale yellow, creams and whites in the main rooom This is the backdrop Tammy and I created for her cermony with silver bowls of cream flowers, candles and framed pictures of their combined family. There where two cnadelabra on either side with pale and choclate sunflowers and cream flowers and a touch of crystal bling for Tammy. Didn't she make sunflowers into a classy wedding flower?
Jim was awsome because he traded me the rental of the candelabras for front row seats to a timber game, my husband's idea, and Jim was a champ about it!
Tammy wanted a asile to walk down so I made it with pale yellow roses...
Always love the first picture of Man and wife such joy on their faces. Tammy had me make a babies breath crown for her blond hair rather then wear a veil. She knew what she wanted.
It was quick work to set up the head table and guest centerpieces right after the cermony but it worked and many guests took a break to watch the game down in the pub so everyone was happy and very hungry once the meal was served. Here are some other flowers used in this wedding.
The centerpieces were on silver raised bowls and tables were chocolate brown with lace overlays I rented from Barclay. Don't you think Tammy's vision of converting sunflowers into a classy wedding turned out well?
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