Date: Wednesday, October 15

Time: 10:00am — 11:30am

Location: Dulles State Office Building, 317 Washington Street, 11th Floor, Watertown, NY

Participants:

• United Way of Northern New York President and CEO Bob Gorman
• New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Thomas H. Mattox
• New York State Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell
• Office of New York State Senator Patty Ritchie
• New York State Taxpayer Rights Advocate Margaret “Peg” Neri
• New York State Business Ombudswoman Mwisa Chisunka
• Deputy Commissioner for Professional Responsibility Richard Ernst

Event: Top officials from the New York State Tax Department will meet with representatives from local non-profit, community and government groups at the first-ever North Country Community Outreach Tax Summit.

The event – sponsored by the United Way of Northern New York – aims to help community leaders better understand the growing list of services that benefit low to moderate-income and under-served taxpayers – so these leaders, in turn, can help their constituents solve tax problems and save money. Among the topics to be addressed are:

• free tax preparation services
• free tax advocacy
• valuable tax credits
• consumer protection when hiring a tax preparer

To attend: Please contact Karen Martino at (315) 728—2056 or Karen.Martino@tax.ny.gov.

Reporters and media: Please contact Tax Department Spokesperson Cary Ziter.

Email: Cary.Ziter@tax.ny.gov

Office: (518) 457-7337

Cell: (518) 281-1227