Rhode Island General Laws — Title 44 (Taxation)
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-18-36
Property held prior to 1947 â Property of nonresidents â Extension of sales tax exemptions to use tax
The storage, use, or other consumption in this state of the following is also exempted from the use tax:
# (1)
Property held by the purchaser in this state prior to July 1, 1947.
# (2)
Property purchased by the user while a nonresident of this state, used outside of this state while a nonresident, and thereafter brought into the state by him or her for his or her own use. For purposes of this section, âused outside of this stateâ does not include the mere removal of the property from the state of purchase to this state.
# (3)
Property purchased at retail, upon the sale of which the purchaser would be exempt by express specification from the sales tax imposed by this chapter, had the sale been otherwise subject to the tax.
Amendment history
History of Section. P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 2, § 36; G.L. 1956, § 44-18-36; P.L. 1989, ch. 89, § 1.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 44-18-12.1 · âAdditional measure subject to taxâ
- 44-18-13 · Gross receipts defined
- 44-18-14 · âBusinessâ defined
- 44-18-15 · âRetailerâ defined
- 44-18-15.1 · âPromoterâ and âshowâ defined â Duty of promoter…
- 44-18-15.2 · âRemote sellerâ defined â Collection of sales and…
- 44-18-16 · Tangible property defined
- 44-18-17 · âStateâ defined
- 44-18-18 · Sales tax imposed
- 44-18-18.1 · Local meals and beverage tax
- 44-18-19 · Collection of sales tax by retailer
- 44-18-19.1 · Direct Pay Permit
- 44-18-20 · Use tax imposed
- 44-18-21 · Liability for use tax
- 44-18-22 · Collection of use tax by retailer
- 44-18-23 · âEngaging in businessâ defined
- 44-18-24 · Collection by retailer of use tax on interstate sales
- 44-18-25 · Presumption that sale is for storage, use, or consumption…
- 44-18-26 · Tax on retailerâs use of merchandise
- 44-18-26.1 · âDemonstration boatâ defined
- 44-18-27 · Tax on rental income to retailer
- 44-18-28 · Resale of fungible goods from commingled mass
- 44-18-29 · Repealed
- 44-18-30 · Gross receipts exempt from sales and use taxes
- 44-18-30.1 · Application for certificate of exemption
- 44-18-30a · Exemption or credit where sales or use taxes were paid in…
- 44-18-30b · Exemption from sales tax for sales by writers, composers,…
- 44-18-30c · Exemption from or stabilization of sales and use taxes for…
- 44-18-30d · Repealed
- 44-18-31 · Exemption of sales to federal government
- 44-18-32 · Sales to federal contractors
- 44-18-33 · Sales to common carrier for use outside state
- 44-18-34 · Exemption from use tax of property subject to sales tax
- 44-18-35 · Property purchased from federal government
- 44-18-36 · Property held prior to 1947 â Property of nonresidents â…
- 44-18-37 · Additional to other taxes
- 44-18-38 · Severability
- 44-18-39 · Repealed
- 44-18-40 · Exemption for buses, trucks and trailers in interstate…
- 44-18-40.1 · Exemption for certain energy products