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Forms ● E-file Information ● General Tax Return Information ● Filing Status Information ● Residency Information ● Military ● Business ● Mailing Addresses ● Business Mailing Addresses ● Federal Links
Forms and Instructions
Electronic Filing Information
Electronic Filing Mandate – If a preparer files 100 or more Rhode Island individual and business income tax returns, they must be e-filed.
E-File Registration Requirements – Acceptance in the Rhode Island e-file program is automatic with acceptance in the federal e-file program.
Tax Years That Can Be E-Filed – Current tax year and prior tax year only.
State Only Return Requirements – The Rhode Island e-file program:
- Supports federal/state (piggyback) filing and state-only filing through the Federal/State Electronic Filing Program (Modernized e-File System).
- Allows electronic filing of part-year and nonresident returns.
Amended Returns – Rhode Island does not support e-filing amended returns. To mark a return as amended, from the main menu of the Rhode Island return, select Personal Information > Other Categories > Are you filing an amended return?.
Electronic Signatures – N/A
General Tax Return Information
Due Date – Individual Returns – April 15
Extensions – Rhode Island allows an automatic extension to October 15 if no additional tax is due and if a federal extension is filed.
If additional tax is due, file Form RI-4868, Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File a Rhode Island Individual Income Tax Return, by April 15, to request an extension to October 15. To access Form RI-4868 in the program, from the main menu of the Rhode Island return, select RI-4868 Application For Extension. Form RI-4868 cannot be electronically filed. It must be mailed with payment to the appropriate mailing address. (See mailing addresses below).
Driver’s License/Government Issued Photo Identification: Rhode Island does not require this information to file the tax return.
Filing Status Information
Rhode Island requires that you use the same filing status as you used on your federal return. An exception for married couples is if one spouse is a RI resident while the other spouse is a nonresident. In this case, the couple may file separate RI returns.
Residency Status Information for Rhode Island Returns
Residents: Residents are individuals:
- Who are domiciled in Rhode Island for any part of the tax year, or
- Who maintain a permanent place of abode in Rhode Island and spend more than 183 days in Rhode Island during the year.
Part-year resident: A part-year resident is a person who changed legal residence by moving into or out of Rhode Island at any time during the year. Part-year residents will file Form RI-1040NR.
Nonresidents:Nonresidents are individuals who were not residents in Rhode Island at any time during the year.
Military Personnel/Military Spouses
Residents: Military personnel who are residents of Rhode Island upon entering military service remain residents of Rhode Island for income tax purposes until proof of change of home of record has been made. A change in legal residence is documented by filing DD Form 2058 and DD Form 2058-1 with the military personnel office.
Nonresidents: Nonresident military personnel stationed within Rhode Island are not required to file a Rhode Island income tax return unless they have earned income from Rhode Island sources other than military pay.
Military spouses: Under the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act, a military spouse’s state of residence does not change when moving to a new state to be with a servicemember stationed there if the residence or domicile is the same for the service member and spouse.
Business Return Electronic Filing Information
Business Electronic Filing Mandate – If a paid preparer files 100 or more Rhode Island individual and business income tax returns, they must be e-filed.
Rhode Island currently supports electronic filing for most business returns but does not support all years. The following tax returns and years can be e-filed.
Corporate returns (Form RI-1120C – Business Corporation Tax Return) – current year and two prior years.
S Corporate returns (Form RI-1120S – Subchapter S Business Corporation Tax Return) – current year and two prior years.
Partnership returns (Form RI-1065 – Partnership Income Return) – current year and two prior years.
Rhode Island does not currently support e-file of Form RI-1041, Fiduciary Income Tax Return.
Business Return General Information
Due Dates for Rhode Island Business Returns
C Corporations and Single-member LLCs owned by an individual or a C Corp – April 15 – Returns are due by the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the entity’s tax year if the entity is on a fiscal year.
S Corporations, Partnerships, and Single-member LLCs owned by a pass-through – March 15 – Returns are due by the 15th day of the third month following the close of the entity’s tax year if the entity is on a fiscal year.
Fiduciary – April 15 – Returns are due by the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the entity’s tax year if the entity is on a fiscal year.
Business Extensions
C Corporations, S Corporations, and Partnerships – A federal extension obtained by filing Form 7004 with the Internal Revenue Service does not automatically extend the time to file the Rhode Island return. The Rhode Island return due date can be extended by filing Form RI-7004 by the due date of the original return, or by paying the amount as calculated on the extension request at the Rhode Island Business Tax Filings website here.
The extension time is six months except for filers whose fiscal year ends June 30, in which case the extension is for seven months.
Form RI-7004 is on the main menu of the Rhode Island C Corp, S Corp, and Partnership returns. This form cannot be e-filed and must be mailed to the address on the form.
Any extension of time to file the Rhode Island return does not extend the time to pay any tax due by the original due date of the return. Payment can be made online at the Rhode Island Business Tax Filings website, in which case the extension request does not need to be submitted separately on Form RI-7004. Otherwise, payment can be remitted with the extension request at the time it is filed.
Fiduciary – The filing date for Fiduciary returns cannot be extended.
Amended Business Returns
C Corporation, S Corporation, Partnership, and Fiduciary – Amending a return does not require the use of a separate form. Rather, the return can be resubmitted but marked as amended. To mark the return amended, from the main menu of the Rhode Island return, select Heading Information > Amended return. Amended returns can be e-filed.
Individual Mailing Addresses
Individual Income Tax Mailing Addresses
If you are claiming a refund, mail your return to:
Rhode Island Division of Taxation
1 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908-5806
If you are making a payment, mail your return, payment and Form RI-1040V to:
Rhode Island Division of Taxation
1 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908-5807
Business Mailing Addresses
C Corporation, S Corporation, Partnership, and Fiduciary returns are all mailed to:
Rhode Island Division of Taxation
1 Capitol Hill
Providence, RI 02908
Federal Tax Links
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