RHODE ISLAND cash collections in January increased 1.9 percent year over year to $350.4 million. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES
PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island cash collections totaled $350.4 million in January, an increase of 1.9 percent year over year from $343.9 million in January 2018, according to the R.I. Department of Revenue Wednesday. The $6.6 million increase was largely attributable to a $10.5 million increase in sales and use tax to a total of $104.7…