Briefs

May 8, 2009, By NEIL DOWNING, Providence Journal

PROVIDENCE -- The state Division of Taxation has used sophisticated new technology to collect nearly $2 million in back taxes from individuals -- and is now setting its sights on delinquent corporations.

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And it has begun using a special computer software program, called a data mining tool, to quickly sort through the reams of information it has gathered from the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s office, the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies -- information that is now stored in the data warehouse.

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By the end of June, the agency is on target to collect a total of about $2.5 million -- the same amount that the state has spent or will spend on the technology contract with Revenue Solutions Inc. of Pembroke, Mass., Sullivan said in an interview at state tax agency headquarters in Providence on Thursday.

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