Tax notices from websites
The Rhode Island Division of Taxation today posted FAQs for taxpayers who receive tax notices this season from certain websites or other non-collecting retailers.
The notices are the result of a new law involving use tax. The Division posted the FAQs to help recipients of the notice understand what the notices are about. The notices involves taxpayers’ use tax obligations. To view the FAQs, click here. The Division publicly announced the posting of the FAQs this morning.
IRS spots new scam
The Internal Revenue Service said today that it has identified a new filing season scam -- and urged tax professionals to step up security and beware of phishing emails.
The IRS, which is a partner in the Security Summit with the Rhode Island Division of Taxation, said that the latest scam began with cybercriminals stealing data from several tax practitioners’ computers and filing fraudulent tax returns. In a new twist, the fraudulent returns in a few cases used the taxpayers' real bank accounts for the deposit of refunds. To learn more, click here.
Tax Administrator promotes Free File
Rhode Island Tax Administrator Neena Savage visited Open Doors on Plainfield Street in Providence's Silver Lake section today to talk about the benefits of the Free File program.
By using one of the links at the following Division of Taxation webpage, eligible taxpayers can file their federal and Rhode Island returns at no charge: http://www.tax.ri.gov/misc/efile.php.
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| Rhode Island Tax Administrator Neena Savage |
