Tag: Department of Revenue
1% hotel tax collections jump up in Sept.
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,...
DOR: 2017 tax payment extension deadlines approach
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
Most comparative surveys find Rhode Islanders are overtaxed, and most of the candidates running for the governor’s office this year – including the incumbent...
Fiscal 2018 R.I. cash collections ahead of expectations through April
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,...
Dec. 1% hotel tax collection continues climb
PROVIDENCE – December collections of the 1 percent hotel tax totaled $187,686, a 17.5 percent increase year over year from December 2016’s $159,701, according...
State revenue beating estimates through February
PROVIDENCE – General revenue for Rhode Island is running 1.4 percent ahead of budget through February for fiscal 2018, according to data released Friday...
1% hotel tax receipts show growth year over year
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island hotels saw year-over-year increases in collections of 1 percent hotel tax in November, according to data released by the state...
State revenue ahead of budget through November
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island took in more revenue than budgeted in November, the second month in a row that the state’s tax and other...
Expansion of 1% hotel tax drives year-over-year gains for R.I. towns,...
PROVIDENCE – Thanks to the expansion of the state’s 1 percent hotel tax to include online hosting platforms and home rentals, revenue for August...
Raimondo appoints new Revenue and Business Regulation department heads
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo has named new directors for the Department Business Regulation and the Department of Revenue.
Raimondo and R.I. Commerce Secretary...