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State Legislature US Congress

All 25,118 Active 7,678 In committee 7,673 Passed 5,630 Signed 4,797 Failed 6,972

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 30, 2017

SB 474: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- STAY INVESTED IN RI WAVEMAKER FELLOWSHIP (Repeals the provisions of the Stay Invested in RI Wavemaker Fellowship, and establishes the Stay Invested in RI Tax Credit to provide eligible taxpayers with a tax credit for educational loan repayment expenses.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5506: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- CIGARETTE TAX-MINIMUM PRICE OF CIGARETTES (Requires that a fifteen percent (15%) minimum markup be added to the total cost of cigarettes sold by retailers.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5563: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Establishes a nineteen percent (19%) carried interest fairness fee for investment management services in order to tax the carried interest income of hedge fund and private equity investors as traditional ordinary earned income.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5833: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - TAX INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYERS (Repeals the section of the law requiring all corporations doing business in the state of Rhode Island to add back into their taxable income any amount deducted under the federal "Domestic Production Deduction" of the Internal Revenue Code 26 U.S.C. §199.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5831: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Provides a one-time tax credit up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per dependent child for certain Rhode Island households who contribute to an account under the Rhode Island college bound tuition savings program.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 30, 2017

SB 690: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Amends the state aid funding formula for compensation of school districts for the additional costs of students learning English.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5125: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PERSONAL INCOME TAX (Exempts from state taxation certain pension benefits that originate from, and were taxed in another state.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5784: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Imposes a six percent (6%) surtax on investment gains earned by endowment funds of independent institutions of higher education valued at or greater than one billion dollars.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 30, 2017

SB 255: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION (Reduces the interest rate on delinquent tax payments from between 21% and not less than 18% to between 15% and not less than 10% and provides for a reduced interest rate for persons on approved payment plans.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 30, 2017

SB 125: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Increases the maximum tax for qualifying low income housing from eight percent (8%) to ten percent (10%) of the property's previous year's gross scheduled rental income.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · Senate May 30, 2017

SB 892: AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- THE EDUCATION EQUITY AND PROPERTY TAX RELIEF ACT (Permits the Cumberland Town Council to establish limits on the number of students from the Cumberland school district who may enroll in any charter public school, Davies, and the Met Center.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

in committee · Rhode Island · House May 30, 2017

HB 5287: AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - PERSONAL INCOME TAX - PART 44-30-81 PROCEDURE AND ADMINISTRATION (Provides that any 2016 tax overpayment would be refunded with interest calculated at twelve percent (12%) compounded daily if not received by June 30, 2017.)

05/30/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study