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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Internal Revenue Service and the Rhode Island Division of Taxation remind taxpayers to be on the lookout for an array of evolving tax scams
related to identity theft and refund fraud. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Every tax season, there is an increase in schemes that target innocent taxpayers by email, by phone, and on-line.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more information, please use the following link:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.tax.ri.gov/Advisory/ADV%202016-28.pdf">http://www.tax.ri.gov/Advisory/ADV%202016-28.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">Neil Downing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">Chief Revenue Agent<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">Rhode Island Division of Taxation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">One Capitol Hill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">Providence, R.I. 02908<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">Email:
<a href="mailto:Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov"><font color="#2e74b5"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5">Phone: (401) 574-8115<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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