ANIMAL TRAPPING Phil Ardizzone
AT&R Trapping Service
P.O. Box 2442
Silver Spring, MD 20901
301-681-3965
301-370-5318
ARCHITECTS
Brenneman & Pagenstecher Architects
10605 Concord Street, Suite 1
Kensington, MD 20895
mail to: deanb@brenpag.com  ATTORNEYS - FAMILY LAW Shelly D. McKeon
Law Offices of Shelly D. McKeon, Esq., LLC.
51 Monroe Street, Suite 1210
Rockville, MD 20850
301-251-0400
mail to: smckeon@mckeonlawfirm.com
ATTORNEYS - PERSONAL INJURY, WORKERS COMP, CRIMINAL
David C. Merkin
Merkin & Gritz, P.C.
22 West Jefferson Street, Suite 302
Rockville, MD 20850
301-217-9200
mail to: dmerkin@his.com
CABINET MAKING
Rudy Day
Watkins Cabinet Company
Sellman Road
Barnesville, MD 20838
301-972-8119
mail to: wcc@netstorm.net
CARPET CLEANING
Ray Tellier
White Knight
Gaithersburg, MD 2220877
301-972-2900
CARPETING
Phil Zuses - Capitol Floors Inc.
416 North Stonestreet Avenue, #7
Rockville, MD 20850
301-838-0584
ELECTRICIAN
Mike Ehrlich
301-831-5074
ESTATE PLANNING/ACCOUNTING
David Albert
Rubino & McGeehin
6905 Rockledge Drive
Suite 700
Bethesda, MD 20817
301-214-4183
mail to: DAlbert@rubino.com ESTATE SALES Sharon Dean
Montgomery Estate Sales
Rockville, MD 20850
301-871-1643
FINANCIAL PLANNING/ACCOUNTING
W. Thomas Curtis, CFP
FSP Associates
841 Quince Orchard Boulevard, Suite H
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301-258-0300 X 160
mail to: tom_curtis@fsp-associates.com FLOOR REFINISHING David Slone
301-922-4209
HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
Jeff Hosford
Met-Aire Heating & Air Conditioning
24301 Stringtown Rd
Clarksburg, MD 20871
301-871-6494
HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS
Bob Enders
(Minor repairs)
703-675-5859 Igor Buckstein
Renovations
301-762-1095
HOME INSPECTION
Reggie Marston
Residential Equity Management
703-207-1690
703-644-0472 Eric Carpenter
Investment Protection Co.
301-431-2544
800-966-4555 Advanced Home Inspections
888-665-3232 Phil Carls
The Carls Group
301-384-1650 Brian Koepf
BK Home Inspections, Inc.
301-986-8850
INSURANCE
Steve Rose
State Farm
301-428-9100
LANDSCAPING
Bruce Allentuck
Allentuck Nursery & Landscaping
301-840-3811
mail to: BMAscape@aol.com MAILING SERVICES Pat Dunn
Direct Mail Express
1821 Narrows Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20906
301-774-0900
MORTGAGE LENDERS
Ken Bowen
Residential, Commercial, and Investor Mortgages
Vision Mortgage
6010 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20855
301-908-7617
mail to: k.bowen@visionmortgage.com David Roth
Kinecta Federal Credit Union
301-428-5985
703-288-0989 Judy Thatcher
Bank of America
301-571-1499
800-879-0780
MOVING
James Price
Price Brothers
Rockville, MD 20850
301-251-0536
301-251-8698
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ken Graham
301-869-8584
mail to: ken@kengraham.com
PIANO LESSONS
Suzanne Ferrall 301-657-3827
Nancy Hallstead 301-530-7348
Alex Karousatos 301-434-2471
Bonniee Kellert 301-340-0765
Aglaia Koras 301-365-3385
Jean Lauderdale 301-656-9029
Ingrid Mongini 301-229-1653
Sophia Pallas 301-493-6188
Mary Schwinn 301-951-8422
Luba Turkevich 301-279-7739
Gloria Youn 301-838-9445
PIANO TUNING
James Colwell
301-996-2588
PLUMBING
Nick DiBattista
DiBattista Plumbing
1059 Taft Street
Rockville, MD 20850
301-871-1644
PRINTING
Terry & Aline Springer
Germantown Copy Center
12810 Westeria Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
301-428-0196
mail to: germantowncopy@juno.com
REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENTS
Classic Settlements
301-921-2667
6 Montgomery Village Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
mail to : cs@settlements.com John R. Llewellyn
301-528-5500
20270 Goldenrod Lane
Germantown, MD 20876
servicetitle@mindspring.com
ROOFING
Stephen L. Barrett
Barrett Contracting
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301-258-9432
mail to: househunter@mris.com
TERMITE AND PEST CONTROL
Mickey Bass
240-674-3693
TREE SERVICE
Craig Hewitt
Tree Service
301-589-1401
VETERINARIANS
Drs. Dan & Mike Berbert
Gaithersburg Animal Hospital
280 N. Frederick Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
301-948-2828
VIDEOGRAPHY, VIDEO EDITING & CUSTOM MUSIC
Steven M. Woehrle
Videography, Video Editing & Custom Music
301-258-7804
mail to: Webster@worlimusic.com
WELL & SEPTIC TESTING
Kappe Associates, Inc.
100 Worman’s Mill Court
Frederick, MD 21701
301-846-0210
mail to: kappe@erols.com 
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Tax Considerations >Taxpayer Relief
Legislation included in the 1997 federal budget made significant changes that improve a homeowner's ability to profit from the sale of real estate.
The capital gains tax exclusions on the sale of a principal residence is just one of several benefits for homeowners. When you sell a home you have owned and use for two of the five years prior to the sale, married couples are allowed to keep up to $500,000 in tax-free profits and taxpayers filing as singles can keep up to $250,000 before paying capital gains tax.
Long-term capital gain is also taxed at lower rates as a result of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act passed in 2003. The maximum capital gains tax rates dropped from 20% to 15% and from 10% to 5%, effective for sales and exchanges taking place on or after May 6, 2003 and through December 31, 2007. In 2008 the 15% rate continues for higher income taxpayers, while the 5% rate for lower income taxpayers drops to 0%, but only for the 2008 tax year. On January 1, 2009, the 10% and 20% rates will be reinstated.
Consult your tax advisor for advice regarding your particular circumstance.
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