If you cannot find the OPU, call the Elevator Unit district office for your area and explain the situation. Be sure to have the State ID number for the device in question as well as the street address where the device is located.
Rhode Island has 3 tax rates: 3.75%, 4.75% and 5.99%. More on the Ocean State's taxes can be found in the tabbed pages below. In 2011, Rhode Island's tax system underwent the most sweeping changes since the state tax was enacted in 1971. Most notable was the reduction of the top tax rate from 9.9% to 5.99%.
David Deckey / Herald. The state repealed the sales tax to prevent Rhode Islandâs liquor stores from losing business to Massachussetsâ lower liquor prices. Rhode Island will completely eliminate the 7 percent sales tax on wine and spirits Dec. 1, though the stateâs sales tax on beer will remain. The change was approved in June when the General Assembly passed the 2014 state budget.