R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-11-22: Tax administrator’s power to summon witnesses and evidence.

The tax administrator may summon any corporation, or officer, agent, or employee of any corporation, or any other person, to appear before him or her and produce records and documents at a time and place named in the summons and to give testimony and to answer interrogatories, under oath, respecting any matter which the tax administrator deems pertinent or material to the administration of this chapter.