5 PERCENT HOTEL TAX COLLECTIONS decreased year over year in March, but remained ahead of 2016 fiscal year-to-date collections.
PROVIDENCE – Five percent hotel tax collections for March 2017 declined 9.7 percent year over year but collections for fiscal 2017 remained ahead of the same fiscal 2016 period, according to the R.I. Department of Revenue. Collection in March 2017 totaled $966,948, $103,499 less than one year before. Fiscal year-to-date, 5 percent hotel tax collections…