Filing season starts

The Rhode Island Division of Taxation has begun accepting electronically filed personal income tax returns for tax year 2013 -- signaling the official start to tax-filing season. 

The Division of Taxation's latest Advisory includes details about the following:

• The start of filing season
• Free filing programs
• A new "Guide to Refunds" publication
• Mailing of Forms 1099-G and 1099-INT
• Revised answers to practitioner questions
• An employer tax deadline tonight
• A sales tax reconciliation deadline tonight
• A new regulation on tobacco products other than cigarettes
• Some new Administrative Decisions