Rhode Island’s state payroll system failed to prevent some excess retirement plan contributions

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 21, 2026

Words: 1,093

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Fifty state college and university employees were mailed corrected tax forms on the afternoon of April 15 — the very day they were due to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation.

Department of Administration spokesperson Karen Greco confirmed to Rhode Island Current that the state issued corrected W-2s because of excess contributions made for some employees’ 403(b) retirement plans — something that was not blocked under the state’s old payroll …

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