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Legal verification and one time legal registration will be done by google product verified by google as google is safe and secure.Regarding Legal registration please take a help from federal officer. Assigned by the federal government Adam Sohn (talk) 16:57, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 17:00, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Is the following information accurate? I was sent to this section (in the Provisions section) of this Wikipedia page by a scammer to try to prove why I should pay $250 registration fee to get an ARRA educational grant.

"The following are details to the different parts of the final bill whereas to get the financial assistance there will be a Registration of $200 to $2499 (refundable).The Security Deposit varies from one State to another as it is calculated in accordance to the percentage of their respective State Tax(i.e. States with a higher percent has to deposit a higher Security and least amount to those state with lower State Tax.List of States and State Tax percentages are given below.

State Tax Rates as of January 1, 2018

Alabama 4.00% Alaska 0.00% Arizona 5.60% Arkansas 6.50% California 7.25% Colorado 2.90% Connecticut 6.35% Delaware Florida 6.00% Georgia 4.00% Hawaii 4.00% Idaho 6.00% Illinois 6.25% Indiana 7.00% Kansas 6.50% Kentucky 6.00% Louisiana 5.00% Maine 5.50% Maryland 6.00% Michigan 6.00% Minnesota 6.875% Mississippi 7.00% Missouri 4.225% Montana 0.00% Nebraska 5.50% Nevada 6.85% New Hampshire New Jersey 6.875% New Mexico 5.125% New York 4.00% North Carolina 4.75% North Dakota 5.00% Ohio 5.75% Oklahoma 4.50% Oregon Pennsylvania 6.00% Rhode Island 7.00% South Carolina 6.00% South Dakota 4.50% Tennessee 7.00% Texas 6.25% Utah 5.95% Vermont 6.00% Virginia 5.30% Washington 6.50% West Virginia 6.00% Wisconsin 5.00% Wyoming 4.00% D.C. 5.75%" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.160.125.1 (talk) 22:01, 23 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Thanks, Prolog (talk) 22:31, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]