Top 100 Business Tax Delinquents

The following list publicly identifies up to 100 taxpayers who are delinquent on Rhode Island business tax and whose cases are not on appeal.

The Rhode Island Division of Taxation has sent formal notice, by regular and certified mail, to each taxpayer on the list, letting the taxpayer know - 30 days in advance - of the Tax Division's intent to publish the taxpayer's name and account information. Each taxpayer on the list, having been notified, has chosen not to pay the delinquency and not to enter into an agreement to pay the outstanding debt in reasonable installments.

The list contains each delinquent taxpayer's name, address, and the amount of the delinquency - including interest and penalty - as of the end of the most recent quarter. Interest has been accrued through September 19, 2019.

Notes

• If your name appears on this list, please contact the Rhode Island Division of Taxation, at Tax.Collections@tax.ri.gov. You will be provided with the exact amount — including accrued interest — which you must pay in order to have your name removed from this list. If you are unable to pay in full, you may apply for an installment agreement, under which you agree to a reasonable plan to pay your outstanding debt in stages, over time. A fully executed installment agreement in good standing will allow us to remove your name from this list


• This list includes balances from active accounts receivable that are not on an installment agreement. This list includes transactions recorded at the Division of Taxation by the date indicated on the listing. Transactions made subsequent to that date will be reflected in the next updated list.


• Although state law authorizes the Tax Administrator to publish the names of 100 tax delinquents on this list, there may be times when fewer than 100 are included. This may occur for various reasons. For example, when a taxpayer's account information is removed from the list as promptly as possible after that taxpayer pays the outstanding debt, the number of delinquent taxpayers remaining on the list can fall. The Tax Division cannot add others to the list without first following a series of legal and administrative requirements - including the statutory requirement that the taxpayer be given advance notice, in writing, by regular and certified mail.


• Authority to publish this list can be found in Rhode Island General Laws § 44-1-34, which was enacted in 2003 and revised and expanded in 2011.


• * From time to time, the Tax Division removes from the list the names and account information of various taxpayers. By law, the Tax Division cannot disclose why a specific taxpayer's name and account information have been removed. (Please see Rhode Island General Laws §§ 38-2-2, 44-1-14, and 44-30-95(c).) In general, a taxpayer's name and account information may be removed from the list for various reasons: the taxpayer may have paid the outstanding debt, for example, or entered into a reasonable installment agreement. Also, as a general rule, the Tax Division may remove names and related information for various other reasons - such as the death of a taxpayer, or a taxpayer's entering into bankruptcy or receivership.


• The list is updated periodically.