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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>State Business Law Conformity Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise certain partnership tax definitions and rules relating to general and limited partners; (2) exclude from net earnings from self-employment partnership income attributable to capital; and (3) repeal, after 2004, the election to apply large partnership (100 partners or more) tax rules. </p>]]></text>
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