Tag: Department of Revenue
McKee’s proposed pay raises for 11 cabinet directors criticized at public...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposed pay raises for 11 state cabinet directors were widely criticized during Wednesday's public hearing at the R.I....
R.I. film industry stabilizing after COVID-19 pandemic, annual tax credit reports...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's movie industry appears to have fully stabilized in the last few years since the COViD-19 pandemic, the state's annual film tax...
Report: R.I. experienced K-shaped recovery from pandemic in 2020
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island experienced a "K-shaped recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic as the retail trade sector thrived, while the services sector suffered.
The retail...
1% hotel, meal and beverage tax collections fall 17% in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Collections of the local 1% hotel, meal and beverage taxes declined a combined 17% year over year in September, to $2.8 million,...
Lining up for next windfall
In November 1998, Rhode Island was part of a historic settlement with the tobacco industry to pay for the health care costs of smoking...
For some, sports betting is not a panacea, it’s just illegal
Did Rhode Island voters approve sports betting when they agreed to allow table games at the state’s casinos?
A lawsuit filed this month in state...
R.I. cash collections tick up in March
PROVIDENCE – Cash collections in Rhode Island in March totaled $279.2 million, a 0.4% increase year over year, according to the R.I. Department of...
R.I. cash collections in Jan. up 1.9%
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...
R.I. meal, beverage tax collections decline 3.9% in 2018
PROVIDENCE – Meal and beverage tax collections from Rhode Island restaurants declined 3.9 percent in 2018 to $14.6 million compared with the $15.2 million...
R.I. Oct. collection of 1% meal and bev. tax increases 3.7...
PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 1 percent meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island in October increased 3.7 percent from $2.3 million to $2.4...
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