PROVIDENCE – Collection of the Local 1% Meal and Beverage and Hotel taxes declined by nearly 33% year over year in July, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the R.I. Department of Revenue said Friday.
Collection of the 1% hotel tax declined from $862,292 in July 2019 to $582,853 in July this year. Month to month, the collection of the tax had increased by 121%, from $263,598 in June.
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Of the collection in July, $395,006 in 1% hotel tax was attributable to traditional hotels, while another $32,209 came from room reselling and hosting platforms and $155,638 was collected from real estate agents and homeowners. The most nominally impacted municipality in the state year over year was Providence, where the collection of the tax declined $95,290 from one year prior, followed by Newport and Warwick, where collections declined $41,446 and $38,900 year over year, respectively.
Collection of the local 1% food and beverage tax in the state declined 23.4% year over year to $2.3 million. Providence was the most nominally impacted municipality in the state with a decline in collections of $175,558 year over year, followed by Newport, where collections declined $148,443.
Collection of the 1% meal and beverage tax increased 13.8% from June, when collections totaled $2,026,658.
