Your 2016 Rhode Island State Taxes

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Withholding Requirements Register as employer by filing Form BAR (Business Application Registration). Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate:RI-W4

Withholding Method = formula.

Supplemental Rate = Withhold at 5.99%.

Local Taxes None

State Tax Unemployment Insurance Reserve ratio formula Contribution rate Schedule IState has a 2-Tier wage base. Most employers will use $22,000 for 2016. Employers in the highest tax group have a wage base of $23,500 for 2016.Contribution Rates range from 1.69% to 9.79%.
New employers use 2.27% for 2016.
Rates do not include Job Development Assessment of .21%.State Disability InsuranceWage base $66,300 for 2016.
Withholding rate is 1.20% for 2016
State Labor Laws
Termination Pay - Fired/Quit - next regular payday. Minimum wage - $9.60 effective 1/1/16

Employers must report hiring, rehiring, and return to work within 14 days on Form W-4 (or equivalent), Internet or paper list to:Rhode Island New Hire Reporting Directory
P.O. Box 335 Holbrook, MA 02343
Phone: 888-870-6461
Fax: 888-430-6907Report online.

Remit Withholding for Child Support To Bureau of Family SupportDepartment of Human Services
77 Dorance StreetProvidence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-458-4450
For more information, click here.

Reciprocal States None

State Tax Resources Rhode Island Division of Taxation
Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training