New Tax Law Packed With Breaks For Businesses

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press
Thu, 01/03/2013 - 2:22pm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tucked into the "fiscal cliff" tax package approved by Congress are billions of dollars in tax breaks that should make the new year a lot happier for businesses of many stripes, including film producers, race track owners and the makers of electric motorcycles....

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