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Amazon.com to collect Vermont sales tax
Amazon.com will start collecting sales tax from customers in Vermont, a decision that political and business leaders say they have been working for years to achieve. The online retail giant said it...
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Town meeting preview: Killington may boost World Cup racing
Thousands attend the women’s World Cup ski event last fall in Killington. File photo by Andrew Kutches/VTDiggerKillington residents will vote Tuesday on a town budget that would, if approved, boost an...
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State sending 20,000 letters to collect alternative sales tax
Tax Commissioner Kaj Samsom. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger The Tax Department is sending close to 20,000 letters to Vermonters telling them they may owe sales tax for online and other...
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The Deeper Dig: Why the tax man cometh
Tax Commissioner Kaj Samson. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger VTDigger reported last week that the Vermont Tax Department was sending about 20,000 letters notifying Vermonters that they may owe sales...
View ArticleBennington committee shows support for local option taxes
BENNINGTON — The idea of a local option tax has support on a committee considering changes to local government, but members haven’t decided what specific format they might recommend to the Selectboard....
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Tax reform, part 2: Sales tax expansion would hit broad array of services
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series about the Vermont Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission Report. In this story we analyze the commission’s sales tax proposal; tomorrow we examine its...
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Tax reform part 3: Why the “Amazon tax” is a no-brainer
Mary Zentara of Tunbridge makes a purchase at Bear Pond Books in Montpelier. Photo by Josh Larkin Editor’s note: This is the third article in a series about the Vermont Blue Ribbon Tax Structure...
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Online businesses say tax bill will hurt sales
Don Mayer and "the original small dog," Max. Photo by Josh Larkin. Last week, the House passed an Internet sales tax bill that, in theory, would force out-of-state Internet giants like Overstock.com...
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Study committee goes back to square one on sales tax on services
Tom Kavet, economist for the Vermont Legislature, speaks at an Emergency Board meeting on July 20, 2012. VTD File Photo/Taylor Dobbs Should the state expand the sales tax to include services? That’s...
View ArticleVermonters First ad points up Democratic Speaker’s support of sales tax on...
The fourth ad from Vermonters First picks up on a statement Speaker of the House Shap Smith made last May. The ad, which began airing today, features a barber, an auto mechanic, a carpenter, and a...
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Software sales tax remains partly cloudy
Five months after the so-called “cloud computing tax” took effect, many Vermont businesses and residents don’t know if they have to pay it. The cloud tax is a sales and use tax payable by individuals...
View ArticleSales tax for soft drinks, other laws go into effect July 1
That Coke will cost a little more beginning Wednesday. A six percent sales tax on sugary drinks goes into effect July 1. The Vermont Legislature and Gov. Peter Shumlin approved the extension of the...
View ArticleBruhn: Statehouse leadership fights for Vermont businesses and communities
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Paul Bruhn, executive director of the Preservation Trust of Vermont. We all value Vermont’s special landscape, our special sense of place, our community spirit, and...
View ArticleJohn McClaughry: Tax prospects for 2017
Editor’s note: This commentary is by John McClaughry, the vice president of the Ethan Allen Institute. Four months from now the 2017 Legislature will hear the new governor’s budget message for FY...
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Vermont Senate passes sales tax exemption for menstrual products
Sen. Ruth Hardy, D-Addison, in a pre-pandemic photo, is one of the sponsors of a proposal to exempt menstrual products from the state sales tax. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger The Vermont...
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Tech sector criticizes ‘cloud tax’ in House bill
Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, D-Brattleboro, speaks at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Vermont House is poised to vote this week on a sprawling...
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Doug Rosien: What’s Vermont’s retail leakage to New Hampshire?
This commentary is by Doug Rosien of Vernon, a contract manager at Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass. He recently obtained a master’s degree in history and studied the impact of the Vermont sales...
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Senate Finance considers extension of sales tax to services and candy, soda,...
The Senate Finance Committee is considering an extension of the sales tax that would go into effect over the next two years. Sen. Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, says the proposal would extend the sales tax...
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Personal income, sales taxes underperformed in 2017
The state of Vermont saw less revenue than expected from personal income taxes in fiscal year 2017 and more than expected from corporate income taxes. Personal income tax revenue underperformed by...
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