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These Website Use and Contribution Terms (“Terms”) apply to the website at www.TaxAlmanac.org and any permutation web pages thereof that display a direct link to these Terms (the “Site”). By accessing, viewing, using, and returning to the Site, and/or when you sign up as a contributor, You (the individual who accesses or signs up for the Site) agree with Intuit Inc. (“Intuit” or “we”) to be legally bound by the Terms, which we may change from time to time at our sole discretion and upon notice to You by posting of the modified Terms on the Site. Your use of the Site, or any materials or services accessible through it, after such posting or notification constitutes your acceptance of such modifications.

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