CNBC.Com Secures Taxes4less.com as Sponsor of Its Tax Center.

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FORT LEE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000

Tax Center Provides CNBC.com Users with

Comprehensive, Easy-to-use Tools

CNBC.com, the personal finance portal, announced today that its recently launched Tax Center is being sponsored by Taxes4Less.com, the Internet-based tax consulting service. Taxes4Less is featured on CNBC.com's Tax Center front page and throughout CNBC.com's Tax Center. The sponsorship agreement covers the current tax season and will conclude on August 15th, when the tax-extension period comes to a close.

CNBC.com's Tax Center features several components to assist users in understanding and navigating through the complicated tax process. Key elements include editorial content focusing upon the tax implications associated with investing, as well as a Toolbox that provides consumers with easy-to-use tools involving stocks, bonds, IRAs and resulting taxes. A special Tax Trivia area features "quick hit" content highlighting instant information about tax opportunities, pitfalls and other insightful tax facts. In addition, users can download federal and state forms to assist them with their filings, and can communicate tax suggestions or issues via a series of tax-related message boards.

"CNBC.com's users are financially savvy, and they benefit from the services provided on our tax center," said Mimi Capalaces, Director of Sales for CNBC.com. "This area aggregates users who are actively seeking tax-related content. It provides an ideal environment for the Taxes4Less message," she added.

About CNBC.com

CNBC.com (http://www.CNBC.com) provides the best of CNBC on the Internet. The personal finance portal is designed to help investors profit from today's lightning-paced financial activity with company information, stock quotes, data and analyses. Leveraging CNBC's renowned coverage of financial markets with anchor programs like "Squawk Box" and "Power Lunch," CNBC.com gives users an insider's view with breaking e-alerts, video clips and summaries from CNBC on-air personalities. Investors receive real-time stock quotes, up-to-the-minute market data with interpretation, and e-alerts on their personal portfolio holdings. Users also track multiple portfolios, personalize a streaming stock ticker, and create customized financial charts.

About Taxes4Less

Taxes4Less.com (http://www.taxes4less.com) provides personalized tax preparation via the Internet. The company's tax professionals prepare individual federal returns in all 50 states. Taxpayers simply enter their data online and their return is assigned to one of the company's tax professionals, who prepare the return and mail it back to the client within 48 hours. Taxes4Less.com guarantees the accuracy of its work by paying the interest and penalties on any additional tax due if a mistake is made.

Founded in 1998 by Russell M. Gottlich and Gregory M. Yulish, Taxes4Less provides personalized, high-quality tax services via the Internet at prices lower than those of a conventional tax preparation service. Both are Certified Public Accountants and have prepared thousands of tax returns for individuals and businesses nationwide. The site is secure worldwide, with full 128-bit (or greater) encryption. Taxes4Less.com's Stronghold server and a new Safe Passage Web proxy provides full SSL security for credit card transactions.

Taxes4Less is a professional tax preparation service and not a certified public accounting firm. All of the individuals who prepare tax returns for Taxes4Less.com are trained tax accountants licensed by the State of California.