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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Rhode Island Division of Taxation, the Internal Revenue Service, and other members of the Security Summit warned tax professionals this afternoon
about a new round of online fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Cybercriminals are using emails posing as potential clients, or as tax agencies, to trick tax practitioners into disclosing sensitive information,
the Security Summit warned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To learn more, please use either of the following links:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://go.usa.gov/xnpUp">https://go.usa.gov/xnpUp</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.tax.ri.gov/Advisory/ADV%202018-01.pdf">http://www.tax.ri.gov/Advisory/ADV%202018-01.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">Neil Downing<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Chief Revenue Agent<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">(401) 574-8115 I Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;font-weight:bold">If you owe taxes, take advantage of the RI State Tax Amnesty Program from December 1, 2017,
through February 15, 2018.<font color="#ea8523"><span style="color:#EA8523"> </span>
</font></span></font></b><a href="http://www.taxamnesty.ri.gov/?utm_source=emailsign&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=taxamnesty&utm_content=cleanslate"><b><font color="#ea8523" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#EA8523;font-weight:bold">Learn
More</span></font></b></a><b><u><font color="#ea8523" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#EA8523;font-weight:bold">
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Rhode Island Department of Revenue<br>
Division of Taxation<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">One Capitol Hill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font size="2" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Providence, Rhode Island 02908<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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