Tax Rates / General Information

For more information, Tax Books are located at the assessor's office, and this information goes back years.

2025 Tax Rates

DescriptionAmount
Residential Property$11.499
Motor Vehicle$0
Commercial Property$16.936
Tangible/Personal Property$43.632

Due Dates = 1st quarter: August 15, 2025 | 2nd quarter: October 15, 2025 | 3rd quarter: January 15, 2026 | 4th quarter: April 15, 2026

Retail and Wholesale Inventory is exempt from assessment.

Sewer Use rate is $689.63 per year for each EDU (Equivalent Dwelling Unit). A single family home is 1 EDU, a 2-family is 2 EDUs, etc.
Due Dates:1st August 15, 2025 | 2nd October 15, 2025 | 3rd January 15, 2026 | 4th April 15, 2026.

Water consumption rate is $10.52 per 1000 gallons.
Due Dates:1st October 15, 2025 | 2nd January 15, 2026 | 3rd April 15, 2026 | 4th July 15, 2026.

Payments Methods

By mail to our lockbox at: P.O. Box 844606 Boston, MA 02284-4606

Or to our Tax Collection office at:
Town of North Smithfield
Office of Tax Collector
83 Green Street
North Smithfield, RI 02896

In person or drop box located at 83 Green Street

Credit card payments can be made online by viewing the eGovernment Login website or by calling 844-593-0188.

Returned Check Fee

The Town of North Smithfield will charge the check writer a $25 fee for each returned check that is received.

Credit Card Fee Schedule

If you pay online using a credit card, there will be a 3% convenience fee.

Note: The Town's FY2021 method of tax collection states the following:

If the first installment or any succeeding installment of taxes is not paid by the last date of the respective installment period or periods as they occur, then the whole tax or remaining unpaid balance of the tax, as the case may be, shall immediately become due and payable and carry until collected a penalty at a rate of twelve (12)% per annum from the first quarter due date or the last satisfied quarter unless specifically abated by a vote of the town council under Title 44 of the General Laws of RI, 1956, as amended. Quarterly payment option shall not apply to any tax levied in an amount not in excess of one hundred dollars ($100) in which case such tax shall be payable in a single installment.