Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 280 - Department of Revenue
Chapter 20 - Division of Taxation
Subchapter 55 - Personal Income Tax
Part 4 - Tax Preparer Penalties (280-RICR-20-55-4)
Section 280-RICR-20-55-4.13 - Criminal Penalties

Any Tax Return Preparer who has previously been assessed a penalty by the Tax Administrator under R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-68-4(c), who is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have thereafter willfully prepared, assisted in preparing, or caused a preparation of a subsequent false tax Return or claim for refund which was filed with the Division with the intent to wrongfully obtain a Property Tax Relief credit or the intent to wrongfully evade or reduce a tax obligation shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years, or both.