YEAR-OVER-YEAR collections of the Rhode Island local 1% hotel and meal and beverage taxes in January declined 51.7% and 16.3%, respectively. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MARY MACDONALD
PROVIDENCE – Combined collections of the local 1% meal and beverage and hotel taxes declined 20.6% year over year in January, according to the R.I. Department of Revenue Wednesday. Collection of the 1% meal and beverage tax for the month totaled $1.72 million, a 16.3% decline year over year. Providence had the largest nominal decline…