# Rhode Island — Vehicle trade-in sales tax credit rules by state -- full price taxed, or only the difference

For Rhode Island, trade-in credit allowed is capped credit; credit cap, if any is passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and motor homes only, recorded from its source on 2026-08-20.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Trade-in credit allowed:** capped credit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Credit cap, if any:** passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and motor homes only _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> New or used vehicles, sales tax is 7% of the purchase price, minus trade-in and other allowances. This applies to passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and motor homes only. All other vehicles are excluded from the trade-in allowance.

## Source

- https://dmv.ri.gov/registrations-plates-titles/sales-tax

Last verified: 2026-08-20. Review by: 2027-08-20.
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