Rhode Island § 44-70-16 - Cannabis Tax

§ 44-70-16. Disclosure of confidential information.

(a) It shall be unlawful, except in proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction or to collect the taxes or enforce the penalties provided by this chapter, for the tax administrator or any person having an administrative duty under those chapters to make known in any manner whatever the business affairs, operations, or information obtained by an investigation of records and equipment of any cannabis retailer or any other person visited or examined in the discharge of official duty, or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular, stated or disclosed in any return, or to permit any return or copy or any book containing any abstract or particulars to be seen or examined by any person. The tax administrator may authorize examination of his or her records and the returns filed with the administrator by the tax authorities of another state or of the federal government if a reciprocal arrangement exists.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the disclosure or publication of statistical or other information where the identity of individual taxpayers is not made known.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or (b) of this section or any other provision of law, the tax administrator shall make available to an authorized agent of the commission or the office of cannabis, any information that the administrator may consider proper contained in tax reports or returns or any audit or the report of any investigation made with respect to them, filed pursuant to the tax laws of this state, to whom disclosure is necessary for the purpose of ensuring compliance with state law and regulations.