Rhode Island General Laws Title 3. Alcoholic Beverages § 3-10-17. Tax on imported malt beverages

(1) A tax on every thirty-one (31) gallons, which tax is equal to the amount by which the sum of the taxes on those beverages, or on the sale of a like quantity of those beverages, shipped from this state into that other state, imposed by that other state from which those beverages are imported, when added to the service charges imposed by that other state in connection with the shipment into that other state, is in excess of the sum of the taxes imposed by that other state on those beverages, or on the sale of those beverages, manufactured within that other state when added to the service charges imposed by that other state in connection with the sale of those beverages manufactured within that other state; and

(2) A tax at a like rate for any other quantity or for any fractional part.