taxes
Rhode Island
Rhode Island has five tax rates, ranging from 3.75 percent to 9.9 percent. More on the Ocean State's taxes can be found in the tabbed pages below. | | Income | | Sales | | Property | | Estate | | Other |
| | Personal income tax |  | Rhode Island collects taxes from its residents at the following rates over five income brackets.
For single taxpayers:
-- 3.75 percent on the first $31,850 of taxable income.
-- 7 percent on taxable income between $31,851 and $77,100.
-- 7.75 percent on taxable income between $77,101 and $160,850.
-- 9 percent on taxable income between $160,851 and $349,700.
-- 9.9 percent on taxable income of $349,701 and above.
For married persons filing joint returns:
-- 3.75 percent on the first $53,150 of taxable income.
-- 7 percent on taxable income between $53,151 and $128,500.
-- 7.75 percent on taxable income between $128,501 and $195,850.
-- 9 percent on taxable income between $195,851 and $349,700.
-- 9.9 percent on taxable income of $349,701 and above. | | | The Ocean State's tax returns are due on April 15 or the next business day if that date falls on a weekend or holiday. |
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| Sales tax | | Rhode Island's sales tax rate is 7 percent. | | | Rhode Island joined a national coalition of states in conforming the Rhode Island Sales and Use Tax Law to the provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA). The SSUTA was developed over the course of several years through the joint effort of over 40 states participating in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Project. The underlying purpose of the agreement is to simplify and modernize the administration of the sales and use tax laws of the member states in order to facilitate multi-state tax administration and compliance. The provisions of the new law took effect Jan. 1, 2007. | | | Rhode Island also collects a corresponding use tax at the same rate. When you make a purchase of tangible personal property outside of Rhode Island's taxing jurisdiction and the purchase is destined for storage, use or consumption in Rhode Island, it is subject to the use tax. |
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| Personal and real property taxes | | The administration of the assessment and collection of all real and tangible personal property taxes in the state of Rhode Island is handled by the municipal assessor and collector in the jurisdiction where the property is located. Local tax rates can be found here. | | The local tax is the only tax on property in Rhode Island, with the exception of fire district taxes in several rural communities. | | Real property and real property improvements are required to be reported on the personal property statement by the taxpayer. The taxpayer is required to file a personal property statement reporting all tangible personal property in the taxing jurisdiction as of midnight on Dec. 31 each year prior to the filing year. | | Oregonian business persons and businesses must file a Confidential Personal Property Return with the assessor in the county where the property is located. If the assessor determines that the total value of the taxpayer's personal property in the county is less than $12,500 for the tax year, the assessor will cancel the taxpayer's assessment. This amount will be indexed each year thereafter based on the U.S. City Average Consumer Price Index. | | The property tax relief credit is available to residents whose total household income does not exceed $30,000. The refund is calculated based on the amount by which property taxes (or rent) exceed a percentage of the household income. The maximum refund is $250. Applicants must file Form RI-1040H. |
| Inheritance and estate taxes | | There is no inheritance tax in Rhode Island, but the state does impose a tax on the transfer of the net value of the assets of every resident decedent and the value of real and personal property of nonresident decedents located within the state. | | The Rhode Island estate tax was designed to absorb the federal estate tax credit for state death taxes. With the phaseout of the federal credit for state estate taxes, Rhode Island has decoupled from current federal estate tax laws and adopts the version of the Internal Revenue Code in effect on Jan. 1, 2001. |
| Other Rhode Island tax facts | | Rhode Island allows its taxpayers to contribute to various organizations through tax return checkoffs. Donation possibilities include a drug program account, the Olympics, the state organ transplant fund, the state council on the arts, a nongame wildlife fund, a childhood disease victims fund and a military family relief fund. | | Ocean State taxpayers can go online to track their refunds. | | The Rhode Island Division of Taxation maintains a list of the 100 delinquent taxpayers who owe the largest amount of state tax and whose taxes have been unpaid for more than 90 days. |
| | Residents can obtain state tax and fee information from the Rhode Island Division of Taxation by telephone at (401) 222-1111 or at its Web site. | | To download tax forms on this site, you will need to install a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here for instructions. |
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-- Updated: Feb. 4, 2008