COLLECTIONS of the local 1% hotel and meal and beverage taxes in December declined 60% and 32.5%, respectively, year over year in Rhode Island. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD
PROVIDENCE – The combined collection of the local 1% meal and beverage and hotel taxes declined 34.9% year over year in December, the R.I. Department of Revenue said Friday. Meal and beverage tax collection for the month totaled $1.6 million, a 32.5% decline year over year. Hotel tax collections totaled $89,713, a 60.4% decline year…