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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX

     Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Fellela, Cortvriend, Santucci, Messier,
Furtado, Nardone, Fogarty, Tanzi, and Carson

     Date Introduced: May 29, 2026

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 44-30-58 of the General Laws in Chapter 44-30 entitled "Personal

Income Tax" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     44-30-58. Requirements concerning returns, notices, records, and statements.

     (a) General. The tax administrator may prescribe regulations as to the keeping of records,

the content and form of returns and statements, and the filing of copies of federal income tax returns

and determinations. The tax administrator may require any person, by regulation or notice served

upon the person, to make any returns, render any statements, or keep any records that the tax

administrator may deem sufficient to show whether or not the person is liable for the tax or for

collection of the tax.

     (b) Partnerships. Every partnership having any income derived from Rhode Island sources,

determined in accordance with the applicable rules of § 44-30-32 as in the case of a nonresident

individual, shall make a return for the taxable year setting forth all items of income and deduction

and any other pertinent information that the tax administrator may by regulation or instructions

prescribe. Any partnership with nonresident partners having any income derived from Rhode Island

sources shall be subject to the provisions of § 44-11-2.2.

     (c) Information at source. The tax administrator may prescribe regulations and instructions

requiring returns of information to be made and filed on or before February 28 of each year as to

the payment or crediting in any calendar year of amounts of one hundred dollars ($100) or more

consistent with the applicable thresholds for informational filings established under Internal

Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to any Rhode Island personal income taxpayer. The returns

may be required of any person, including lessees or mortgagors of real or personal property,

fiduciaries, employers, and all officers and employees of this state, or of any municipal corporation

or political subdivision of this state, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal, or payment of

interest, rents, salaries, wages, premiums, dividends and other corporate distributions, annuities,

compensations, remunerations, emoluments, or other fixed or determinable gains, profits, or

income. A duplicate of the statement as to tax withheld on wages, required to be furnished by an

employer to an employee, shall constitute the return of information required to be made under this

section with respect to the wages.

     (d) Notice of qualification as fiduciary. Every receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for

benefit of creditors, or other like fiduciary shall give notice of his or her qualification as such to the

tax administrator as may be required by regulation.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX

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     This act would provide that the tax administration may prescribe regulations requiring

returns of information to be made and filed on or before February 28th of each year with filing

thresholds consistent with applicable thresholds for information filings under the federal Internal

Revenue Code.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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