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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Seminar for tax preparers<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Rhode Island Division of Taxation plans to hold a seminar for tax preparers, focusing mainly on what’s new for the coming tax-filing season.
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<![if !supportLists]><font size="2" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The seminar will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) campus in Newport.
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The seminar will be repeated on Friday, December 1, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the CCRI campus in Warwick.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The seminar is free, but pre-registration is required. To register, please use the following link:
<a href="http://bit.ly/2fSBiQT">http://bit.ly/2fSBiQT</a>. Or see the “Practitioners’ Corner” section of this Division of Taxation website:
<a href="http://www.tax.ri.gov/onlineservices/">http://www.tax.ri.gov/onlineservices/</a>. (Note: If you have already signed up for one of the sessions listed above, there is no need to sign up again.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Online marketplace sellers:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Voluntary disclosure initiative<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Multistate Tax Commission National Nexus Program is offering a special limited-time voluntary disclosure initiative. It is intended for online
marketplace sellers under certain circumstances. Taking part in the initiative are 24 states, including Rhode Island, plus the District of Columbia.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rhode Island and the other jurisdictions will consider applications for voluntary disclosure received by Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) staff through
October 17, 2017, from taxpayers meeting certain eligibility criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information, please use the following MTC website:
<a href="http://www.mtc.gov/Nexus-Program/Online-Marketplace-Seller-Initiative">http://www.mtc.gov/Nexus-Program/Online-Marketplace-Seller-Initiative</a></span></font><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoFootnoteText"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Note: The MTC initiative is separate from the Rhode Island Division of Taxation’s ongoing voluntary disclosure program at:
<a href="http://www.tax.ri.gov/misc/voluntary_disclosure.php">http://www.tax.ri.gov/misc/voluntary_disclosure.php</a>. It is also separate from the Rhode Island general tax amnesty program to launch in early December 2017, with information to be available by
then at: <a href="http://www.taxamnesty.ri.gov/">http://www.taxamnesty.ri.gov/</a>.)
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2e74b5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2E74B5"><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">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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