R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-10-3
In order to aid in the assessment, levy, and collection of the tax imposed by § 3-10-1, the department of business regulation may of its own motion or at the request of the tax administrator require each manufacturer to furnish any reports, statements, and inventories as shall be needful or helpful in determining the amount of the tax, and for that purpose the department or its agents may make any examination and investigation and take inventories and do any other acts as are necessary to insure a full disclosure of the quantity of beverages subject to the tax. All reports, statements, inventories, and investigation results are open to the tax administrator to aid him or her in assessing the tax imposed by this chapter. The director of business regulation and the tax administrator shall carry out and enforce the provisions of this section.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 3-10-3