Recent developments

The Rhode Island Division of Taxation today posted two Advisories for tax professionals.

• ADV 2018-37 urges tax practitioners to be on guard against theft of taxpayer data from their offices 
• ADV 2018-38 reminds tax professionals about a change in tax law: Starting October 1, 2018, the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of vendor-hosted prewritten software, sometimes called “software as a service” or SaaS, will be subject to Rhode Island sales and use tax.