Rhode Island General Laws — Title 44 (Taxation)
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-20-19
Sales of stamps to distributors
The tax administrator shall sell stamps only to licensed distributors at a discount.
The distributor remits to the division of taxation ninety-eight and three-fourths percent (98.75%) of the face value of the stamps thereby receiving a discount of one and one-quarter percent (1.25%) of the face value of the stamps. The ninety-eight and three-fourths percent (98.75%) remitted to the tax administrator is paid over to the general revenue. The tax administrator may, in his or her discretion, permit a licensed distributor to pay for the stamps within thirty (30) days after the date of purchase; provided, that a bond satisfactory to the tax administrator in an amount not less than the sale price of the stamps has been filed with the tax administrator conditioned upon payment for the stamps. The tax administrator shall keep accurate records of all stamps sold to each distributor.
Amendment history
History of Section. P.L. 1939, ch. 663, § 7; P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 3, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 44-20-19; P.L. 1958, ch. 17, art. 4, § 2; P.L. 1964, ch. 242, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 7; P.L. 1975, ch. 260, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 6, art. 27, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 85, § 2; P.L. 2007, ch. 246, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 250, § 3.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 44-20-8.1 · Maintenance and publication of list of licenses
- 44-20-8.2 · Transactions only with licensed manufacturers, importers,…
- 44-20-12 · Tax imposed on cigarettes sold
- 44-20-12.1 · Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps
- 44-20-12.2 · Prohibited acts â Penalty
- 44-20-12.3 · Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps
- 44-20-12.4 · Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps
- 44-20-12.5 · Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps
- 44-20-12.6 · Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps
- 44-20-12.7 · Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps
- 44-20-13 · Tax imposed on unstamped cigarettes
- 44-20-13.1 · Repealed
- 44-20-13.2 · Tax imposed on other tobacco products, smokeless tobacco,…
- 44-20-13.5 · Violations as to reports and records
- 44-20-14 · Return and payment of use tax
- 44-20-15 · Confiscation of contraband cigarettes, other tobacco…
- 44-20-16 · Exemptions from use tax
- 44-20-16.1 · Repealed
- 44-20-17 · Penalty for use tax violations
- 44-20-18 · Securing stamps
- 44-20-19 · Sales of stamps to distributors
- 44-20-20 · Use of metering machine in lieu of stamps
- 44-20-21 · Transfer of stamps prohibited â Redemption of unused stamps
- 44-20-22 · Reimbursement for mutilated and other stamps â Claims
- 44-20-23 · Payment of tax by manufacturer or shipper outside state
- 44-20-24 · Affixing of stamps outside state by vending machine operator
- 44-20-25 · Bond of nonresident authorized to pay tax
- 44-20-26 · Agreement by nonresident to submit records â Attorney to…
- 44-20-27 · Repealed
- 44-20-28 · Stamping by distributors required
- 44-20-28.1 · Noncompliance with tobacco manufacturerâs escrow fund…
- 44-20-29 · Repealed
- 44-20-30 · Manner of affixing stamps
- 44-20-31 · Packages in which cigarettes sold â Sample packages
- 44-20-32 · Cancellation of used stamps
- 44-20-33 · Sale of contraband cigarettes, contraband other tobacco…
- 44-20-33.1 · Transportation of unstamped cigarettes
- 44-20-34 · Display of stamps in vending machines
- 44-20-35 · Penalties for violations as to unstamped contraband…
- 44-20-36 · Possession of unstamped cigarettes