Tag: Business Taxes
Minimum wage hike among new laws starting Jan. 1
PROVIDENCE – Another minimum wage hike and several housing regulations are among a host of new laws that will take effect Jan. 1.
After a...
Tax deadline extended for residents, businesses in 3 R.I. counties
PROVIDENCE – The Federal tax deadline has been extended for residents in three Rhode Island counties affected by last winter's storms.
The Internal Revenue Service...
R.I. keeping unemployment insurance tax rate unchanged in 2022
CRANSTON – Rhode Island businesses won't see an increase in their unemployment insurance tax rate for 2022 even though the trust fund that keeps...
Delinquent R.I. business taxes totaled $57.6M at end of FY19
PROVIDENCE – Business tax debts in Rhode Island totaled $57.6 million at the end of fiscal 2019, according to the R.I. Department of Revenue.
The...
What is the No. 1 issue state lawmakers need to address...
State lawmakers are mandated each year to pass a balanced budget. Beyond that, which this year requires filling a fiscal 2021 budget hole that...
State cash collections through May of FY2019 grow despite month’s drop
PROVIDENCE – General revenue cash collections in Rhode Island in fiscal 2019 through May have totaled $3.6 billion, a 6.9% increase over the same...
R.I. cash collections total $395.7M in April
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island cash collections in April totaled $395.7 million, a 12.7 percent increase from $351 million in April 2017, according to the...
State offering R.I. businesses ‘tax amnesty’
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island individuals and businesses are getting a “rare opportunity” to pay back taxes at a reduced rate and will not be...
Key elements of Trump’s tax reform recommendations
Proposals the Trump Administration released recently could lead to the most sweeping reform of the tax code in history. It all depends, of course,...