Rhode Island’s budget plan targets high-end vacation homes — with a proposal nicknamed after a pop star grabbing headlines. One of the proposals would add a new surcharge on second homes worth more ...

Rhode Island is weighing a proposal that could hit pop superstar Taylor Swift — and dozens of her wealthy neighbors — with a six-figure tax bill for leaving their coastal mansions mostly ...

If Rhode Island lawmakers get their way, pop icon Taylor Swift could soon be paying an extra $136,000 a year in property taxes on her Watch Hill mansion. It’s a tiny dent in Swift’s reported ...

Taylor Swift did not return to the Ocean State for an Independence Day party this year. Here's where she went instead.

For context, the average home in Rhode Island sells for about $492,939, according to Zillow. Under the new rate, that would mean about $3,700 in conveyance tax, up from roughly $2,200.

Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home is reportedly worth about $28.1 million. If the proposal passes, she would be required to pay about $135,500 in taxes annually.

Rhode Island officials just shared their new budget proposals, with one including what is being unofficially referred to as the "Taylor Swift tax." ...

(NewsNation) — Rhode Island officials just shared their new budget proposals, with one including what is being unofficially referred to as the “Taylor Swift tax.” The “Taylor Swift tax ...

Swift is known for throwing elaborate parties at her sprawling waterfront Rhode Island abode alongside a slew of famous faces on July 4. (Realtor.com) Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...