Tag: property tax
Data center incentive bill stalls after tax administrator raises red flags
Efforts to get more data centers built in Rhode Island were put on hold in May when legislation offering tax breaks to developers was...
Providence City Council leaders, Smiley agree to seek 5.85% tax levy...
Providence’s budgeting season won’t conclude in time for the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. But city officials have found a way...
Tariffs a way to fix imbalanced tax strategy
Despite the claims by many politicians that expenses such as housing and college loans are the greatest challenges that keep American families from building...
Are Rhode Island businesses overly burdened by property taxes?
The R.I. Public Expenditure Council on June 27 released a report that outlined inequities in the state’s property tax system, with businesses often shouldering...
Smiley unveils $598.6M city budget, vows ‘a new culture in City...
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Wednesday presented a $598.6 million budget for fiscal year 2025, a 3% increase that targets investments in...
What should be state lawmakers’ top budget priority this year?
State lawmakers opened the 2024 legislative session on Jan. 2 with warnings any budget surplus at the end of the year will be much...
Uneasy money: Worries about returning to deficits hang over General Assembly
The warning flags have been raised: Rhode Island legislators are about to return to reality.
After two years of massive surpluses, state budget officials are...
Tax Foundation: R.I. ranks 41st for business-friendly tax climate
PROVIDENCE – The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy research group on Tuesday released its 2024 State Business Tax Climate Index, showing a slight...
Report: Providence-Warwick metro area 13th best place for seniors to retire
PROVIDENCE – The Providence-Warwick area was ranked the 13th best metro area in the nation for seniors to retire, according to a report by...
RIPEC: R.I. total spending grew 16.1% from FY14-19
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s state and local governments outspent the national average in fiscal 2019, the latest year for which such data are available,...
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