The state’s top 200 tax delinquents include many businesses and individuals who have been on those lists for years.
They owe a combined $65.2 million, which is 50% more than it was five years ago.
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The state is working on updating those lists, but does it need to do more to step up collections from long-term delinquents?
Providence tax attorney Thomas Quinn thinks so.
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He’d like to see the state make it easier for debtors to afford installment payments.
He says the state could also offer tax amnesty on a portion of the accrued debt and waive criminal and civil penalties. Rhode Island last did that in 2017.
