Lawmaker pushes for R.I. income tax exemption on unemployment benefits

Lawmaker pushes for R.I. income tax exemption on unemployment benefits
R.I. HOUSE DEPUTY Speaker Charlene Lima plans to submit legislation that would extend the federal tax break on the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits to Rhode Island income taxes. / PBN FILE PHOTO/NICOLE DOTZENROD
PROVIDENCE – One Rhode Island lawmaker is proposing to extend the federal tax break on the first $10,200 of unemployment benefits to Rhode Island income taxes.
House Deputy Speaker Charlene Lima, D-Cranston, is slated to officially file on Tuesday her bill exempting eligible residents from paying 2020 state income taxes on up to $10,200 of jobless benefits. Lima, who announced plans for her legislation on the House floor on March 30, said in a follow-up interview with Providence Business News that her goal is to offer another source of relief for financially struggling state residents.

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