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from RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF TAXATION
By: David M. Sullivan
Tax Administrator
If you're a retailer, you normally receive your new sales tax permit by July 1 - along with a booklet of payment coupons (technically known as sales tax returns). But this time around, there'll be a difference. You'll still receive your sales tax permit. But you'll receive temporary payment coupons instead of the usual coupon booklet.
The reason has to do with uncertainty over what will happen in the current legislative session regarding the rate and reach of Rhode Island's sales tax. The General Assembly session is coming to a close. If the Division of Taxation were to distribute the usual coupon booklets now - covering the full year which starts July 1, 2011 and state law is changed, the Tax Division would have to spend money and time preparing and distributing replacement booklets.
As a result, the Tax Division will soon mail out your sales tax permit accompanied by a supply of temporary coupons. The coupons will be on "flat stock" - on sheets of paper, with perforations for easy separation.
- If you normally file your sales tax return using monthly coupons, your supply of temporary coupons will cover only the months of July, August and September.
- If you normally file your sales tax return using quarterly coupons, your supply of temporary coupons will cover only the quarters ending September 30, 2011, December 31, 2011, and March 31, 2012.
After the General Assembly session is over, you will receive a mailing from the Division of Taxation this summer that will include an additional supply of coupons on flat stock -- reflecting applicable law. (The Tax Division will not mail booklets for the year which starts July 1, 2011.)
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the Rhode Island Division of Taxation's Excise Tax Section at (401) 574-8955.
Electronic Filers: If you remit sales tax by electronic funds transfer (EFT), you will not be affected by the changes outlined above. You should receive your permit(s) on schedule by mail for display July 1, 2011. For more about this issue, please see Notice 2011-01, to be posted soon on the Tax Division's website: www.tax.ri.gov.
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