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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Universal Homeowner Tax Cut Act of 2008 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow individual taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize a deduction from gross income for up to $1,000 of their state and local real property taxes; (2) require the inclusion in gross income of deferred compensation paid by certain foreign corporations; (3) set forth rules for the application of the economic substance doctrine for evaluating transactions affecting federal income tax liability; and (4) assess new penalties for underpayments of tax attributable to transactions lacking economic substance. </p>]]></text>
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