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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><img width="335" height="84" style="width:3.4895in;height:.875in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D7DA3D.38473550"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;font-variant:small-caps">Message for Tax Preparers<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The following is a reminder for tax preparers who have already registered for the Rhode Island Division of Taxation’s “Seminar for Tax Preparers.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The seminar will be held online tomorrow, November 16, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The seminar will run from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">The attached message provides more details.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Thank you for your interest in the seminar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#4472C4">Neil Downing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">Chief Revenue Agent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">Rhode Island Division of Taxation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">One Capitol Hill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">Providence, R.I. 02908<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov">Neil.Downing@tax.ri.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps">(401) 574-8115</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#203864">IMPORTANT:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31">Effective January 4, 2022</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">,
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#203864">tax payments can no longer be made using the website which uses the following web address:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.ri.gov/taxation/business/index.php">https://www.ri.gov/taxation/business/index.php</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#203864">Instead, online debit payments may
<b>only</b> be made via the Division’s </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><a href="https://taxportal.ri.gov/"><span style="color:#ED7D31;text-decoration:none">Taxpayer Portal</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#203864">,
which can be accessed via the following address<b>:</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
<b><span style="color:#ED7D31"><a href="https://taxportal.ri.gov"><span style="color:#ED7D31;text-decoration:none">https://taxportal.ri.gov</span></a></span></b>.
<span style="color:#203864">To get a portal account or for questions, please call the Division at (401) 574-8484.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#203864">Please activate your
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><a href="https://taxportal.ri.gov/"><span style="color:#ED7D31;text-decoration:none">Taxpayer Portal</span></a>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#203864">account as soon as possible.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#843C0C"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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