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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 urge tax preparers and other tax
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<a href="http://www.tax.ri.gov/Advisory/ADV_2019_15.pdf">here</a>. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" color="#2f5496" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F5496">Neil Downing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2f5496" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F5496">Chief Revenue Agent<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2f5496" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F5496">Rhode Island Division of Taxation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2f5496" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F5496">Providence, R.I. 02908<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2f5496" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F5496">Email:
<a href="mailto:Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov"><font color="#2f5496"><span style="color:#2F5496">Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#2f5496" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#2F5496">Phone: (401) 574-8115<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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