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Help for Tax Procrastinators in The Real Yellow Pages(R) 'Tax Return' Heading Attracts More Than 19 Million Look-Ups Per Year ATLANTA, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Income taxes have become so complex that there are more than 71 million individuals who pay someone to prepare their taxes, according to the government's General Accounting Office. That's more than twice the population of California! If you're one of them, but still haven't handed over that shoebox of receipts, don't worry. Many local tax preparation services report that you can bring your taxes to them even as late as Thursday, April 15, which is the deadline for most income tax filings. With less than a week to go, whether your tax return will put you in the red or the black, think yellow ... With more than 9,000 listings for "Tax Return Preparation," The Real Yellow Pages(R) and RealPages.com(SM) are the only resources you need to put you in touch with tax professionals who can help relieve the procrastinator blues. According to the Yellow Pages Integrated Media Association, a national trade association for the yellow pages industry, the "Tax Return" subject heading attracts 19.8 million look-ups per year. Interestingly, approximately 50 percent more of these references are made by females than males. In addition, there were more than 26 million references to the Yellow Pages directory heading "Accountants (Certified Public and Public)" last year, with the majority of users reporting searching for tax preparation or accounting services. "The Real Yellow Pages is the original search engine, linking buyers and sellers for more than 100 years," said Elmer Smith, president of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing. "Consumers have grown to rely on us to find theinformation they need, whether it be a tax accountant, a dog groomer or a restaurant." About BellSouth Advertising and Publishing BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation (BAPCO) is the leading provider of print and Internet Yellow Pages products in the southeast. BAPCO publishes 63 million copies of the print Yellow Pages in more than 500 editions in the nine-state BellSouth region. The most used and preferred directory in the Southeast, consumers referred to The Real Yellow Pages(R) from BellSouth nearly 2 billion times last year and made nearly 160 million searches on RealPages.com(SM) ( http://www.realpages.com/ ). The Real Yellow Pages is a powerful information resource, linking buyers and sellers, with approximately 85 percent of consumers who reference the directories making purchase decisions based on their findings. About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS) is a Fortune 100 communications services company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth serves nearly 50 million local, long distance, Internet and wireless customers in the United States and 12 other countries. Consistently recognized for customer satisfaction, BellSouth provides complete communications solutions to the residential and business markets. In the residential market, BellSouth offers DSL high-speed Internet access and long distance, advanced voice features and other services. The company's BellSouth Answers(SM) package combines local and long distance service with an array of calling features; wireless data, voice and e-mail services; and high- speed DSL or dial-up Internet service and Cingular Wireless. In the business market, BellSouth serves small, medium and large businesses providing secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also provides online and directory advertising services through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(SM) and The Real Yellow Pages(R). BellSouth owns 40 percent of Cingular Wireless, the nation's second largest wireless company, which provides innovative wireless voice and data services. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Adena Puchalski of BellSouth, +1-678-406-2457, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.realpages.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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