Be prepared for hurricanes or other disasters. For information about how to safely stow tax and other important documents in advance of a storm, click here. The Internal Revenue Service's "Disaster Resource Guide" also offers tips, including details on claiming losses for tax purposes. To view, click here.
Making a Rhode Island state tax payment? You can pay online through our taxpayer portal. It's easy, convenient, and quick. Click here. First-time users will need a PIN to gain access. To find out more, click here.
Still haven't filed your tax return?
With the Rhode Island Free File program, you can prepare and file your federal and Rhode Island personal income tax returns online at no charge.
See if you qualify: http://www.tax.ri.gov/misc/efile.php.
Want to check on the status of your Rhode Island personal income tax refund? It's easy! Just use this link: https://www.ri.gov/taxation/refund/
Still need help? No problem! Email our Personal Income Tax area directly: Tax.Assist@tax.ri.gov, or call: (401) 574-8829, option # 3, during business hours.
What Rhode Island tax forms must your LLC file? What filing requirements does your S corp. have? To find answers, see the Division of Taxation's latest summaries by clicking here and here.
The Division has posted a reminder for visitors: Masks and health-screenings are required. It's part of an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). For details, click here.
The Rhode Island Division of Taxation, the Internal Revenue Service, and other partners in the Security Summit warn tax professionals to beware of evolving phishing scams that use various pandemic-related themes to steal client data. To learn more, click here.
The Security Summit also urges tax professionals to learn the signs of data theft so they can react quickly to protect clients. For more information, click here.
The Division of Taxation has posted on its website its latest annual tax credit and incentive report, as required by Rhode Island statute.
The latest report identifies, by name and amount, the 14 businesses that received a combined total of approximately $18.78 million in certain state tax credits and incentives for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021.
Two of those recipients also received a combined total of approximately $3.76 million in other Rhode Island tax credits and incentives, the report shows.
Since 2008, more than 421 businesses have received a cumulative total of $379 million in Rhode Island tax credits and incentives, the report states.
Historic tax credits
A separate part of the report shows, in the aggregate, certain information related to projects that have requested certification of a completed building rehabilitation under Rhode Island’s historic preservation tax credit program of 2013.
The report shows, in the aggregate, the number of jobs created, the number of Rhode Island businesses retained for work, the total amount of qualified rehabilitation expenditures, and the cost of materials or products purchased from Rhode Island businesses.
Full report
To view the full report, click here.
Rhode Island Governor Daniel J. McKee has extended Executive Order 20-02, which declared a state of emergency due to the dangers to health and life posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This Executive Order will remain in full force and effect through September 4, 2021, unless renewed, modified, or terminated by subsequent Executive Orders. For more information, click here.
Still haven't filed your Rhode Island personal income tax return for 2020? The Rhode Island Free File program lets you prepare and file your federal and Rhode Island returns online at no charge. See if you qualify: http://www.tax.ri.gov/misc/efile.php.
The Rhode Island Division of Taxation, the Internal Revenue Service, and other partners in the Security Summit today outlined how tax professionals can help clients who were victims of unemployment insurance fraud schemes that targeted state workforce agencies in 2020 and 2021. To learn more, click here.
