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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....

NEENA S. SAVAGE is the Rhode Island tax administrator, overseeing the R.I. Division of Taxation. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. collected $4.5M in amnesty payments in Dec.

Government 01/10/2018

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Taxation said that in December, the first full month of tax amnesty offered in the state, revenue from...

R.I. Tax Division reminds taxpayers of upcoming state tax changes

Government 12/26/2017

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Division of Taxation released a remainder last week on upcoming changes to tax policy that take effect Jan. 1, 2018. The...

What you need to know about Rhode Island’s tax amnesty

Advice 12/22/2017

If you owe back taxes in Rhode Island, you may be able to become current while paying significantly less than you owe. To generate...

LOCAL 1 PERCENT MEAL AND BEVERAGE TAX collections increased 24.9 percent year over year in August. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE MACGREGOR

DOR: 1% meal and beverage tax collections up 24.9% in August

Government 12/04/2017

PROVIDENCE – Collections of the local 1 percent meal and beverage tax in Rhode Island increased 24.9 percent year over year in August, according...

STATE TAX ADMINISTRATOR Neena S. Savage says the R.I. Division of Taxation has set up a special website to give taxpayers plenty of time to learn about the state's tax amnesty program, which launches Dec. 1. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Rhode Island launches ‘tax amnesty’ website

Financial Services 11/07/2017

PROVIDENCE – With less than a month until its Dec. 1 launch, Rhode Island’s tax amnesty program has launched a special website for tax...

DOR: 2016 tax year extension filing deadline is Oct. 16

Government 10/11/2017

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Division of Taxation reminded tax professionals and taxpayers that utilized a six-month extension that Monday, Oct. 16, is the deadline...

R.I. Division of Taxation releases new tax break guide

Government 10/03/2017

PROVIDENCE - The R.I. Division of Taxation released a guide Tuesday to a new tax modification for pension and annuity income. The tax reduction is...

AGGRESSIVE GROWTH: Pictured is the interior of the Amazon fulfillment center in Fall River. According to retail analysts at Needham and Co. LLC, Amazon posted $128.5 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2016, 34 percent of all U.S. online sales, and accounted for 58 percent of all e-commerce growth in the country that year. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Amazon’s growth is bringing much-needed jobs to region, but are they...

Capital Goods 09/29/2017

Jerry Johnson lost his last retail job about eight years ago, when the consumer-electronics chain Circuit City shut its stores under pressure from competing...