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Rhode Island sales tax rates

Rhode Island's state sales and use tax rate is 7% (general rate) on 2026-10-23, in the Streamlined Sales Tax rate file RIR2019Q2MAR27 the state posted for 2019Q2.

The file lists no local rates on 2026-10-23, so the state rate is the only rate in it.

A published rate is not the tax due on a sale: taxability, sourcing, nexus and exemptions all change what is owed.

Data as of Oct 21, 2026 (Olympus publication) · Markdown version

  • These are published sales and use tax rates by jurisdiction. They are not the tax due on a transaction and not a taxability determination: whether an item is taxable, which location's rate applies (sourcing), whether the seller must collect (nexus) and any exemption all change what is owed. Rates come from the Streamlined Sales Tax files the states publish or, where a result's source says so, from the state revenue department's own files and pages; confirm with the state before relying on them.

State rate

JurisdictionCode (FIPS)General rateGeneral rate, interstateFood and drug rateEffectiveSource file
Rhode Island (state)447%7%7%2007-01-01 to open-endedRIR2019Q2MAR27 (2026-01-22)

Source files

The Rhode Island files Olympus publishes, with the dates served for this state.

FileEffective quarterDates servedSHA-256
RIR2019Q2MAR27.csv2019Q22021-10-01 to 2026-12-31fc999f1a34428ce9a61fbde4e6c1b2a9e530eb700a88b9ead6ac215ec0bf8a09
RIB2019Q2MAR27.csv2019Q22021-10-01 to 2026-12-3168538ec89d57a3cff754119a1f8253310e3494f4fd0932e9c07af67903cdc905

ZIP codes (0)

Every ZIP code Rhode Island's 5-digit ZIP records name. Each ZIP page shows every set of jurisdictions the state's files assign in it, with its rates.

ZIP codeCity name on the recordCounty on the ZIP record
02801-02940 (range)——
  • A range row is one record of the state's file covering every ZIP code in the range (states with one statewide rate publish one for the whole state); its ZIPs have no page of their own.

Sources

  • Streamlined Sales Tax rate file, Rhode Island — Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board (file posted by the state). RIR2019Q2MAR27.csv, effective quarter 2019Q2, source date 2026-01-22. https://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/ratesandboundry/Rates/RIR2019Q2MAR27.csv
  • Streamlined Sales Tax boundary file, Rhode Island — Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board (file posted by the state). RIB2019Q2MAR27.csv, effective quarter 2019Q2, source date 2026-01-22. https://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/ratesandboundry/Boundary/RIB2019Q2MAR27.csv
  • Published by Olympus on Oct 21, 2026.
  • Source: the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board rate and boundary files, as posted by each member state. The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board does not certify Olympus or its use of the data; Olympus is not a Certified Service Provider.

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