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MULTIPLE NEW LAWS and requirements will take affect in Rhode Island starting Jan. 1. / PBN FILE PHOTO/PAM BHATIA

Education accountability, electronic opioid prescriptions, mandatory health insurance among new R.I....

Business Services 12/31/2019

PROVIDENCE – As 2020 draws near, residents and businesses within Rhode Island will need to adhere to new requirements set to go into effect...

MAJORITY MARKET: Brian J. Spero, center, CEO and president of The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co., speaks with Michael Lynch, vice president of legal services, and Amy Vitale, vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary. Spero said his company has 60% of the workers’ compensation market for Rhode Island.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Legal contractors losing out

Cover Story 07/19/2019

Labor laws aren’t supposed to be this flexible. So many companies in the construction industry are misclassifying their workers – paying them less and treating...

Division of Taxation releases top tax delinquents in R.I., owing $43...

Government 12/21/2018

PROVIDENCE – The state is owed $43 million in back taxes, according to lists of the top 100 income tax delinquents and business tax...

DOR, IRS warn of renewed scam calls

Government 06/08/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Revenue and the Internal Revenue Service warned individuals and businesses to be vigilant about an evolving scam being...

ONE PERCENT MEAL AND BEVERAGE tax collection in Rhode Island increased 21.7 percent year over year in January. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/CHRIS RATCLIFFE

DOR: 1% meal and beverage tax collection rises in January

Economic Activity 04/19/2018

PROVIDENCE – Collection of the 1 percent meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island increased 21.7 percent in January to $2.07 million from $1.7...

RHODE ISLAND'S tax amnesty program collected $21.2 million in overdue taxes and interest. / COURTESY R.I. DIVISION OF TAXATION

Tax amnesty collections total $21.2M

Government 03/05/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Tax Amnesty of 2017 collected a total of $21.2 million in revenue, according to the R.I. Division of Taxation...

CONSISTENT TAXATION: R.I. Division of Taxation Administrator Neena Savage talks with R.I. Department of Revenue spokesman Paul E. Grimaldi. She says taxing software as a service would allow for consistent taxation of the use of software regardless of how it is delivered or used. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Raimondo eyes tax on cloud-based services

Government 02/23/2018

(Corrected at 11:25 a.m. to replace T-shirt reference in 11th paragraph with microwave.) Does your business use Office 365? Do you pay for TurboTax’s...

COLLECTIONS OF THE 1 percent meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island have increased 11.4 percent year over year through the first six months of fiscal 2018 to $15.2 million. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE MACGREGOR

Nov. sees rise in 1% meal and beverage tax collections

Government 02/15/2018

PROVIDENCE – Collection of the local 1 percent meal and beverage tax totaled $2.1 million in November, an 8.5 percent year-over-year increase, the R.I....