Tax changes take effect tomorrow

Several Rhode Island tax changes take effect tomorrow, October 1. For details, click here.

Administrative Decision involves sales tax

In a newly posted Administrative Decision, the issue is whether Rhode Island sales and use tax is owed on a business's sale of equipment. To view, click here.

Exemption for feminine hygiene products

Tampons and other feminine hygiene products will be exempt from Rhode Island's 7% sales and use tax starting October 1. To learn more, click here.

Sales tax exemption for urns

Urns will be exempt from Rhode Island's 7% sales and use tax starting October 1. To learn more, click here.

Streaming video, streaming music

Subscriptions to streaming video and streaming music become subject to Rhode Island's 7% sales and use tax starting a week from today, on October 1. The purchase of e-books also will be taxed. To learn more, click here.

Latest Administrative Decision

In the latest Administrative Decision, posted today, the issue is whether a taxpayer owes tax, interest, and penalty on Rhode Island source income from 2010. Details are contained in Administrative Decision 2019-05.

Estimated taxes due Monday

Don't forget that Monday, September 16, is the deadline for quarterly estimated taxes. For more information, click here and here.

Guidance for pass-through entities

The Rhode Island Division of Taxation today posted estimated-tax guidance for pass-through entities that elect to pay Rhode Island's new entity-level tax. For details, click here.

Estimated tax payments due September 16

The Rhode Island Division of Taxation reminds tax professionals, taxpayers, and others that quarterly estimated payments are due on or before September 16 this year. (Normally, the deadline is September 15.) For details, click here.

E-filing schedule this weekend

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the modernized e-file (MeF) system will be temporarily unavailable for a time this coming weekend due to maintenance. As a result, federal and Rhode Island e-filing will be unavailable during the period.


The MeF system will be shut down from 7:00 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, September 7, 2019, through 6:00 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, September 8, 2019. 

The IRS will not be accepting electronically filed federal tax returns during the period. Also, the joint fed-state e-file program will be unavailable during the period. Therefore, Rhode Island returns transmitted via e-file during the period will not be transmitted to the state. Tax preparers and taxpayers should plan accordingly.