Collections of local 1% hotel, meal and beverage taxes rise 30% Y/Y in Aug.

PBN Staff

10/29/2021

COMBINED COLLECTIONS of the local 1% meal and beverage tax and the 1% hotel tax in the state rose just over 30% year over year in August. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – Combined collections of the local 1% hotel and meal and beverage taxes in August rose 30.6% year over year, the R.I. Department of Revenue said Friday. Collection of the 1% meal and beverage tax totaled $3.3 million, a rise from $2.6 million in August 2020. The municipality with the largest collection of the…

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