Rhode Island General Laws — Title 44 (Taxation)
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-19-30
Information confidential â Types of disclosure authorized
# (a)
It is unlawful, except in proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction or to collect the taxes or enforce the penalties provided by chapters 18 and 19 of this title, for the tax administrator or any person having an administrative duty under those chapters to make known in any manner whatever the business affairs, operations, or information obtained by an investigation of records and equipment of any retailer or any other person visited or examined in the discharge of official duty, or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular, stated or disclosed in any return, or to permit any return or copy or any book containing any abstract or particulars to be seen or examined by any person. The tax administrator may authorize examination of his or her records and the returns filed with the administrator by the tax authorities of another state or of the federal government if a reciprocal arrangement exists.
# (b)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the disclosure or publication of statistical or other information where the identity of individual taxpayers is not made known.
# (c)
The tax administrator may make available to the taxing officials of the various towns and cities of the state, for tax purposes only, any information that the administrator considers proper concerning state residents registering motor vehicles in other states.
Amendment history
History of Section. P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 2, § 50; G.L. 1956, § 44-19-30; P.L. 1986, ch. 370, § 1.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 44-19-11 · Deficiency determinations â Interest
- 44-19-12 · Pecuniary penalties for deficiencies
- 44-19-13 · Notice of determination
- 44-19-14 · Determination without return â Interest and penalties
- 44-19-15 · Jeopardy determinations
- 44-19-15.2 · Flea markets
- 44-19-16 · Finality of determination â Time payment due
- 44-19-17 · Hearing by administrator on application
- 44-19-18 · Appeals
- 44-19-19 · Judgment on review
- 44-19-20 · Interest and penalties on delinquent payments
- 44-19-20.1 · Interest on overpayments
- 44-19-21 · Taxes as debt to state â Lien on real estate
- 44-19-22 · Notice of transfer of business â Taxes due immediately
- 44-19-23 · Collection powers â Surety bond to pay
- 44-19-24 · Disposition of proceeds
- 44-19-25 · Claims for refund â Hearing â Judicial review
- 44-19-26 · Payment of refunds
- 44-19-27 · Records required â Users â Collectors of taxes â…
- 44-19-27.1 · Examination of taxpayerâs records â Witnesses
- 44-19-27.2 · Power to summon witnesses and evidence
- 44-19-27.3 · Service of summons
- 44-19-27.4 · Enforcement of summons
- 44-19-28 · Reports required as to use tax
- 44-19-29 · Access to records of state agencies
- 44-19-30 · Information confidential â Types of disclosure authorized
- 44-19-30.1 · Waiver of confidentiality
- 44-19-31 · Penalty for violations generally
- 44-19-32 · Deposit in mail as sufficient notice
- 44-19-33 · Rules and regulations â Forms
- 44-19-34 · Service of process â Director of business regulation as…
- 44-19-35 · Tax collection as property held in trust for the state
- 44-19-36 · Notice to segregate trust funds
- 44-19-37 · Penalty for misappropriation
- 44-19-38 · Remedy not exclusive
- 44-19-39 · Exclusion of certain small sales
- 44-19-40 · Disposition of revenue
- 44-19-41 · Materialperson â Definitions and applicability
- 44-19-42 · Suppression of sales â Definitions and applicability
- 44-19-43 · Managed audit program