Paychecks changed for Rhode Island workers from Jan. 1, 2017

The withholding allowances for employee claims is $1,000 which is unchanged during year 2017. However, if annual wage is greater than 217,350, the exemption will be 0. The Rhode Island income tax rates range from 3.75% to 5.99% and are levied on Rhode Island residents’ income and non-residents’ income from Rhode Island sources.

EzPayCheck payroll software includes this changes in its 2017 version.

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• The new Rhode Island 2017 Withholding Tables (Effective Jan 1, 2017) is available at:

2017 Rhode Island State Tax Rate

• The old Rhode Island Tax Tables can be found at:

2016 Rhode Island State Tax Rate