Page 20 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • December 23, 2009 Area Blue Blaze team scores The Americans Soccer Club’s Blue Blaze team (Girls U9 A flight) finished the fall season with a 15-1-2 record. Among the team’s numerous accomplishments, Blue Blaze finished the season as the champions of the NCSA U9 A flight. The team also won two tournament brackets (one of them a premiere flight at the Parsippany Pride Tournament), and managed to outscore their opponents by a margin of 65 to 15 during the course of the season. The girls are pictured with Dom Novelli, the team’s parent/coach and James Mountain, the team’s trainer. Taxpayers can get the most out of new recovery tax breaks and get a jump on preparing their 2009 federal income tax returns by consulting a newly revised comprehensive tax guide now available on IRS.gov. “’IRS Publication 17: Your Federal Income Tax Guide,’ is your ‘tax encyclopedia’ for all your tax planning and tax return filing needs, said New Jersey’s IRS Spokesperson Gregg Semanick. “Publication 17 summarizes the tax changes for 2009 and 2010 to ensure you do not miss out on entitled tax credits, deductions, and benefits.” Publication 17 features details on taking advantage of new tax-saving opportunities, such as the making work pay credit for most workers, American opportunity credit for parents and college students, energy credits for homeowners going green, first-time homebuyer credit, sales or excise tax deduction for new car buyers, and the expanded child tax credit and earned income tax Tax guide features recovery tax breaks credit for low- and moderate-income workers. This useful 308-page guide also provides more than 6,000 interactive links to help taxpayers quickly get answers to their questions. Publication 17 has been published annually by the IRS for more than 65 years and has been available on the IRS website since 1996. As in prior years, this publication is packed with basic tax-filing information and tips on what income to report and how to report it, figuring capital gains and losses, claiming dependents, choosing the standard deduction versus itemizing deductions, and using IRAs to save for retirement. To access Publication 17, log on to www. irs.gov and enter “17” in the search box in the upper right corner of the home page. Those who do not have access to the Internet may call 1-800-TAX-FORM (829-3676) to request a free copy from the IRS. Printed copies will be available in January 2010. Your friends at Richter’s would like to wish all of our customers a happy, healthy and peaceful holiday season. TIRE & AUTO SERVICE ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������� �������������������������� SHOP LOCAL Support Your Allendale Merchants Allendale Chamber of Commerce Visit us at www.AllendaleChamber.com Spotlights on new and existing members on a rotating basis. Find out about upcoming events and goings on in Allendale