Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-17. Deficiency determination – Determination without return
If any hard-to-dispose material wholesaler or hard-to-dispose material retailer or person or beverage or litter control participation permittee fails to file a return or application or to keep records described in § 44-44-8, or if the tax administrator is not satisfied with the amount of taxes or fees paid to him or her, the tax administrator may compute and determine the amount required by this chapter to be paid to him or her upon the basis of the facts contained in the returns or applications which have been filed or upon the basis of any information in the tax administrator’s possession or that may come into his or her possession.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 241, § 4; P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 317, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-17
- Beverage: means all non-alcoholic drinks for human consumption, except milk but including beer and other malt beverages. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-2
- Beverage wholesaler: means any person who engages in the sale of beverage containers to beverage retailers in this state, including any brewer, manufacturer, or bottler who engages in those sales. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-2
- Hard-to-dispose material: is a s defined in Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-2
- Hard-to-dispose material retailer: means any person who engages in the retail sale of hard-to-dispose material (as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-2
- Hard-to-dispose material wholesaler: means any person, wherever located, who engages in the sale of hard-to-dispose material (as defined in Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-2
- Person: means any natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, proprietorship, firm, or other business entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-44-2
§ 44-44-17. Deficiency determination — Determination without return. [Effective January 1, 2024.]
If any hard-to-dispose material wholesaler or hard-to-dispose material retailer or person or beverage wholesaler fails to file a return or application or to keep records described in § 44-44-8, or if the tax administrator is not satisfied with the amount of taxes or fees paid to the tax administrator, the tax administrator may compute and determine the amount required by this chapter to be paid to the tax administrator upon the basis of the facts contained in the returns or applications that have been filed or upon the basis of any information in the tax administrator’s possession or that may come into the tax administrator’s possession.
History of Section.
P.L. 1988, ch. 241, § 4; P.L. 1989, ch. 514, § 3; P.L. 1990, ch. 317, § 1; P.L. 2023, ch. 79, art. 4, § 6, effective January 1, 2024.