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Lining up for next windfall

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In November 1998, Rhode Island was part of a historic settlement with the tobacco industry to pay for the health care costs of smoking...
SPORTS BETTING: Attorney Joseph Larisa, founder of Larisa Law in Providence, stands in front of the Superior Court building in Providence. Larisa is representing Dr. Daniel S. Harrop, a Providence psychiatrist who has filed a lawsuit in state Superior Court seeking to overturn state approval of sports betting unless it is approved by voters.
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For some, sports betting is not a panacea, it’s just illegal

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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...
GOVERNMENTAL CASH COLLECTIONS in March totaled $279.2 million, an increase of 0.4% year over year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

R.I. cash collections tick up in March

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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...
RHODE ISLAND cash collections in January increased 1.9 percent year over year to $350.4 million. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ARTISTIC IMAGES

R.I. cash collections in Jan. up 1.9%

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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

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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...
COLLECTION OF the 1 percent meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island in October totaled $2.4 million, an increase of $85,926 year over year. COURTESY HEMENWAY’S/LUCAS PRESTON

R.I. Oct. collection of 1% meal and bev. tax increases 3.7...

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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...
LOCAL 1 PERCENT hotel tax collections totaled $627,575 in September, an 8.5 percent increase from September 2017. Collections from realtors and homeowners totaled $139,323 for the month, a 76.2 percent year over year increase. / COURTESY DURKIN COTTAGE REALTY

1% hotel tax collections jump up in Sept.

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PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 1 percent hotel tax in Rhode Island in September totaled $627,575, an 8.5 percent increase from the year prior,...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT of Revenue reminded taxpayers that the deadline to file 2017 tax year extended returns is Monday, Oct. 15.

DOR: 2017 tax payment extension deadlines approach

Government
PROVIDENCE – The deadline to file tax year 2017 tax returns on extension is Monday, Oct. 15, the R.I. Department of Revenue reminded taxpayers...

Gubernatorial candidates differ on lowering tax burden

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Most comparative surveys find Rhode Islanders are overtaxed, and most of the candidates running for the governor’s office this year – including the incumbent...
THE R.I. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE said that the fiscal year-to-date general revenue collection in April was 2.3 percent higher than estimates.

Fiscal 2018 R.I. cash collections ahead of expectations through April

Government
PROVIDENCE – Total fiscal year-to-date general revenue collection through April was 2.3 percent higher than estimates, according to the R.I. Department of Revenue Tuesday,...
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