Netscape's Tax Center Takes the Stress Out of The Final Weeks of This Taxing Season -- Instant Access to Online Tax Forms Makes E-Filing Easy and Convenient, Right Up Until the Last Minute

Small Business Tax Features and Leading Financial Content Round Out Offerings for Complete, One-Stop Tax Resource on Netscape Netbusiness


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - March 22, 2001 - Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: AOL), today announced the launch of a comprehensive online Tax Center on Netscape (www.netscape.com) and exclusive tax offerings for small businesses on Netscape Netbusiness (www.netbusiness.com). According to experts, 40% of all Americans wait until April 15th to file their taxes. Netscape's Tax Center gives last-minute filers convenient, one-stop access to everything they need to learn about and file their taxes by the April 15th deadline. By providing a cross-section of leading tax news and tips from the most popular financial publications, as well as interactive calculation tools and other resources, Netscape.com's Tax Center and Netscape Netbusiness tax content helps visitors use their time more efficiently as the tax season draws to a close.

Netscape.com's Tax Center

Netscape.com makes online filing quick and easy with direct access to Quicken's TurboTax application, featured right on the opening page. In the event that users require additional tax forms, Netscape provides links for downloading federal and state tax forms for both businesses and individuals. In addition, Netscape has provided interactive tools that make calculations easy. Filling out a W-4, calculating income before taxes or taxes on a bonus, and deducting mortgage payments, are all made simpler by Netscape's numerous planning calculators. For those who keep a close eye on their favorite investments, Netscape provides visitors with a personalized stock tracker.

Netscape.com's Tax Center also features a wide array of tax news and resources from trusted financial Web sites.

• In "Tax News," leading financial columnists provide timely information on issues such as how to survive an audit, how to turn losses into credit, and the top ten 401(k) mistakes.
• In the "Tax Resources" section, contributors from top online publications provide background on local tax regulations, how to pay your taxes online, and the tax rate schedules for 2001.
• "Tax Basics" answers all of those questions that inexperienced taxpayers need to know but were afraid to ask -- from the marriage penalty and estate planning to the best way to find a tax professional
• Netscape.com's Tax Center also provides a message board for visitors interested in sharing their tax horror stories.

Netbusiness Tax Feature

Knowing that small businesses have unique needs and issues during tax season, Netbusiness features special tax articles by leading small business experts, including Jane Applegate, one of the nation's most well known authors on small business. Through April 16, Netbusiness will feature a regular series of columns by Ms. Applegate, including, "Six Deductions You've Probably Never Heard Of," "What Uncle Sam Doesn't Want You to Know," and "Five Questions to Ask Your Tax Preparer Before You File Your Return". In addition, columnists from Fortune Small Business, will also provide Netbusiness with content that addresses the most important issues that small businesses face during tax season. Topics will include: insight on the tax laws that affect small businesses; and year-end tax maneuvers designed to save you money. Throughout the tax season, Netbusiness will also feature interactive polls on a variety of timely and hotly-debated tax-related issues.

"We know how busy tax season can be for everyone, especially when there are so many questions about the filing process," said Jim Bankoff, President of Netscape Communications. "Not only is Netscape providing the most important financial and tax information that our visitors need, but we're also offering them a way to calculate their income and investments, get the forms they need, exchange messages with their fellow tax payers and even file directly online. With so many resources, Netscape is making April 15th a bit less taxing."

The Netscape Tax Center is at:

http://personalfinance.netscape.com/finance/planning/tax.tmpl

Netbusiness tax content is at:

http://netbusiness.netscape.com/

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