NEW: The Division of Taxation and the Department of Labor and Training are updating the new business registration online application on January 23rd. To accommodate these changes, the existing online application will not be available starting on January 21st. Please note, if you have already started your application but have not submitted it, you will need to complete that application before January 21st to avoid losing any information in the application.
UPDATE: Licensing and enforcement of ENDS products The Division of Taxation has posted the list of Rhode Island-licensed distributors with a unified cigarette, tobacco, and electronic nicotine-delivery system (ENDS) products license. Rhode Island retailers/dealers are required to purchase these products, except for cigars, from only Rhode Island-licensed distributors. The list is available at Unified License List - January 2025 and under Miscellaneous Links on the Division’s ENDS tax webpage.Licensing and enforcement of Electronic Nicotine-Delivery System (ENDS) products, also known as ecigarettes or vapes, are being transitioned to the Rhode Island Division of Taxation. For more information, please see the Division’s Notice and/or visit the ENDS tax webpage.
Pass-through Entity Election Forms In accordance with changes signed into law in June of 2022, a larger business registrant will be required to use electronic means to file returns and remit taxes to the State of Rhode Island for tax periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Visit our Electronic Filing Mandate page for more information on this requirement. For those not subject to this electronic filing requirement: All forms supplied by the Division of Taxation are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format To have forms mailed to you, please call 401.574.8970 Most forms now contain a 1D barcode. Please use Microsoft Edge to get the best results when downloading a form. Firefox users will need to change their Portable Document Format to allow the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Unless noted otherwise, completed forms should be sent to:Rhode Island Division of TaxationOne Capitol HillProvidence, RI 02908Looking for Form RI-PTE for tax year 2024? Beginning with tax year 2024, pass-through entity election tax will be reported on a schedule that will be part of Forms RI-1041, RI-1065 and RI-1120S.