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    <title><![CDATA[Texas HOT tax, split right]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Port Aransas STR owners owe two different occupancy taxes to two different agencies, collected two different ways. Here is what custom software that understands that looks like.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The quiet tax on local businesses]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A percentage-of-revenue SaaS fee is not a line item. It is a variable tax that scales against your business. Running the math on a Port Aransas charter operation.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Notes on the design]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Why the Local Praxis site looks like a printed design manual instead of a SaaS landing page, and what that's meant to communicate.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[A short note on why a one-person software shop in Port Aransas, TX is starting a blog.]]></description>
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