Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 44-18.1 - Adoption of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
Section 44-18.1-2. - State level administration.

§ 44-18.1-2. State level administration.
Each member state shall provide state level administration of sales and use taxes. The state level administration may be performed by a member state’s tax commission, department of revenue, or any other single entity designated by state law. Sellers are only required to register with, file returns with, and remit funds to the state level authority. Each member state shall provide for collection of any local taxes and distribution of them to the appropriate taxing jurisdictions. Each member state shall conduct, or authorize others to conduct on its behalf, all audits of the sellers registered under the Agreement for that state’s tax and the tax of its local jurisdictions, and local jurisdictions shall not conduct independent sales or use tax audits of sellers registered under the Agreement.
History of Section.P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 30, § 12.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 44 - Taxation

Chapter 44-18.1 - Adoption of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement

Section 44-18.1-1. - Adoption of streamlined sales and use tax agreement — Regulations.

Section 44-18.1-1.1. - “Member State” defined.

Section 44-18.1-2. - State level administration.

Section 44-18.1-3. - State and local tax bases.

Section 44-18.1-4. - Seller registration.

Section 44-18.1-5. - Notice for state tax changes.

Section 44-18.1-6. - Local rate and boundary changes.

Section 44-18.1-7. - Relief from certain liability.

Section 44-18.1-8. - Database requirements and exceptions.

Section 44-18.1-9. - State and local tax rates.

Section 44-18.1-10. - Application of general sourcing rules and exclusions from the rules.

Section 44-18.1-11. - General sourcing rules.

Section 44-18.1-12. - General sourcing definitions.

Section 44-18.1-13. - Repealed.

Section 44-18.1-14. - Direct mail sourcing.

Section 44-18.1-15. - Telecommunication sourcing rule.

Section 44-18.1-16. - Telecommunication sourcing definitions.

Section 44-18.1-17. - Enactment of exemptions.

Section 44-18.1-18. - Administration of exemptions.

Section 44-18.1-19. - Uniform tax returns.

Section 44-18.1-20. - Uniform rules for remittances of funds.

Section 44-18.1-21. - Uniform rules for recovery of bad debts.

Section 44-18.1-22. - Confidentiality and privacy protections under Model 1.

Section 44-18.1-23. - Sales tax holidays.

Section 44-18.1-24. - Caps and thresholds.

Section 44-18.1-25. - Rounding rule.

Section 44-18.1-26. - Customer refund procedures.

Section 44-18.1-27. - Direct pay permits.

Section 44-18.1-28. - Library of definitions.

Section 44-18.1-29. - Taxability matrix.

Section 44-18.1-30. - Effective date for rate changes.

Section 44-18.1-31. - Bundled transactions.

Section 44-18.1-32. - Seller participation.

Section 44-18.1-33. - Amnesty for registration.

Section 44-18.1-34. - Method of remittance.

Section 44-18.1-35. - Registration by an agent.

Section 44-18.1-36. - Monetary allowance under Model 1.

Section 44-18.1-37. - Monetary allowance for Model 2 sellers.

Section 44-18.1-38. - Monetary allowance for Model 3 sellers and all other sellers.