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Sources

• AllBusiness.com. "Barter Tax and Accounting Issues." AllBusiness.com. (July 31, 2008) http://www.allbusiness.com/accounting-reporting/corporate-taxes/1153-1.html
• Davidson, Adam. "From a Paper Clip to a House: Bartering on the Web." National Public Radio. Sept. 4, 2008. (July 31, 2008) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5763262
• Flanigan, James. "Bartering Expands in the Internet Age." New York Times. July 17 2008. (July 31, 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/business/smallbusiness/17edge.html
• Groz, Marc M. "Forbes Guide to the Markets." John Wiley and Sons, 1998. (July 31, 2008) http://books.google.com/books?id=zsLajKWcKzIC
• Investopedia Staff. "What is Money?" Investopedia. (July 31, 2008) http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/03/061303.asp
• IRS. "Topic 420 - Bartering Income." Internal Revenue Service. (July 31, 2008) http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc420.html
• IRTA. "Modern Trade & Barter: Commercial Barter." International Reciprocal Trade Association. (July 31, 2008) http://www.irta.com/RTCommercialBarter.aspx
• Risen, Clay. "Taxing Virtual Economies." New York Times. Dec. 10, 2006. (July 31, 2008) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10section3b.t-8.html?_r=2&oref= slogin&oref=slogin
• Silverman, Rachel Emma. "Bartering to Avoid Taxes; Popular Real-Estate Strategy Is Increasingly Used to Defer Capital Gains on Other Assets." Wall Street Journal. Dec. 29, 2005.