Rhode Island EIN Number and the BAR Registration

After your EIN in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's Business Application and Registration (BAR), filed online at ri.gov/taxation/BAR or by mail, registers a new business for a permit to make sales at retail, an income tax withholding account and a Rhode Island unemployment insurance account, which includes employment security, temporary disability insurance (TDI) and the job development fund tax.

Rhode Island's ten-digit employer account number for unemployment insurance is created only after the business files the BAR and releases its first payroll, because the account cannot be set up before the date wages were first paid in the state. The number arrives by mail in a packet.

Rhode Island temporary disability insurance (TDI) is paid by employees through payroll deduction. The employer withholds it from wages and forwards it each quarter to the Department of Labor and Training's Employer Tax Unit, together with the employment security and job development fund taxes.

Also on the Rhode Island list

• Register with the Rhode Island Division of Taxation on the Business Application and Registration (BAR) form, through the Taxpayer Portal or on paper, for a permit to make sales at retail, an income tax withholding account or an unemployment insurance account. A seller must register before it starts the business, not after its first sale.
• File the annual report with the Department of State between February 1 and May 1 every year, starting the calendar year after the LLC registers.
• File Form RI-1065 with the Division of Taxation every year and pay the annual fee that comes with it; this applies to a single-member LLC as well as a multi-member one.

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What is different about Rhode Island

• Rhode Island requires a single-member LLC to file its own state return, Form RI-1065, even though it files no separate federal return, and every LLC not taxed as a corporation owes an annual fee equal to the minimum tax imposed on a corporation. A calendar-year single-member LLC's RI-1065 is due by the 15th day of the fourth month after year end.
• The Rhode Island annual report window runs from February 1 to May 1, and the report asks for no financial or ownership information. The Department of State mails a courtesy reminder each January; if that letter comes back undeliverable, it starts revocation proceedings for failure to maintain a registered office.
• One BAR registration opens the Rhode Island unemployment insurance account together with temporary disability insurance (TDI) and the job development fund tax, alongside withholding and the retail sales permit. Sales permits expire every June 30, renewal applications are due by February 1 each year, and each business location needs its own permit.

Before you apply

The SS-4 must match the Rhode Island Department of State filing; its identification number is a state index, not a tax ID.

Rhode Island EIN questions