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RELIEVED: Scott McCullough, co-owner of Symposium Books Inc. in Providence, is happy he won’t have to pay a tangible property tax, thanks to legislation passed by state legislators that exempts businesses from the first $50,000 they would typically owe in tangible taxes.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

New tax exemption to make tangible difference in R.I.

Economy 11/24/2023

At Symposium Books Inc. in downtown Providence, the property making up the store’s physical backbone – its numerous bookcases, for instance, or the computers...

R.I. CPAs to honor 4 local accounting ‘legends’

Financial Services 04/06/2023

CRANSTON – Four high-profile people in the local accounting sector will be honored on April 20 as part of the Rhode Island Society of...

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