Friday, October 30, 2020

Annual e-file shutdown and switchover

The Rhode Island Division of Taxation’s annual electronic filing shutdown and switchover will occur on November 21, 2020.

Individuals and businesses seeking to e-file their Rhode Island returns for tax year 2019 must do so on or before Saturday, November 21, 2020. After that date, Rhode Island returns for tax year 2019 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 21, 2020. All transmissions must be submitted before 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on that date.