The
Rhode
Island Division of Taxation today posted several proposed regulations.
The agency will hold a public hearing on them next month. Most involve
the sales tax.
Under the proposals, the agency would:
* Amend a
regulation to reflect the impact of a new law, enacted in 2012, involving a
sales tax exemption for the purchase, rental, or lease of certain buses. Under
the old law, a bus had to be used 100 percent in interstate commerce to qualify
for the exemption. Under the new law, the bus may qualify for the exemption if
it is used 80 percent or more of the time in interstate commerce. (Proposed
Reg. SU
13-111, to amend and supersede Reg. SU 99-111.)
* Amend a
regulation to help ensure Rhode
Island's continuing conformity with the Streamlined
Sales and Use Tax Agreement. The existing regulation would be updated to
reflect current language in the agreement involving the sourcing of direct
mail. (Proposed Reg. SST
13-01, to amend and supersede Reg. SST 11-01.)
* Tighten
the language in a regulation that involves how long a retailer subject to the
sales tax must keep certain records. (Proposed Reg. SU
13-91, to amend and supersede Reg. SU 11-91.)
* Repeal a
regulation involving food products because the regulation's contents have been
merged into another, making the regulation redundant. (Proposed repeal of Reg. SU
87-50; contents already incorporated in Reg. SU
09-59.)
The
proposed regulations were posted today on the Rhode Island
Secretary of State's website. The Division of Taxation plans to hold a
public hearing on the
proposals at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at One Capitol Hill,
Providence, R.I. The agency proposes that the regulations take effect
May 1, 2013.
