Alert all vapers: Bad Rhode Island tax proposal
My communications firm represents a new group, Vapers United We have long worked on vapor policy issues and we’ve identified a really bad Rhode Island vape tax proposal that could have bad implications for vapers inside and outside of Rhode Island.
The short version: Rhode Island's state revenue bill contains a provision imposing an 80% wholesale tax on vaping equipment and liquid. See pages 33-34 here (http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText18/HouseText18/Article-004.pdf), and the definitions preceding these sections.
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