Individuals and businesses seeking to e-file their Rhode Island returns for tax year 2018 must do
so on or before Saturday, November 16, 2019. After that date, returns for tax year 2018 must be
filed on paper.
- Each year, the Division temporarily closes its system to e-filing in order to prepare the system for the upcoming filing season. The Internal Revenue Service, and many other states, follow the same practice. This year, the Rhode Island modernized e-file (MeF) shutdown and cutover will occur on Saturday, November 16, 2019. All transmissions must be submitted before 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on that date.
