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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Generating Reinvestment Opportunities with America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 or the GROW America's Small Businesses Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow certain small businesses (generally, businesses with $12 million or less in gross receipts for a taxable year) to defer payment of income tax by making four equal installments over a specified two-year period; (2) extend such deferral period to three years for small businesses that increase employment and maintain salary levels of employees called to duty as members of the Ready Reserve/National Guard; and (3) establish tax-exempt GROW Accounts to provide financing and tax relief for such small businesses. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the applicability and impact of this Act. </p>]]></text>
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