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%.
2015 Rhode Island state use tax. The RI use tax only applies to certain purchases. The Rhode Island use tax is a special excise tax assessed on property purchased for use in Rhode Island in a jurisdiction where a lower (or no) sales tax was collected on the purchase.