Bruhn: 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 ArticlePhil Scott: ‘I will veto a new sales tax on services’
For Immediate Release September 19, 2016 Media Contact: Ethan Latour ethan@philscott.org 802-595-3776 Phil Scott the only candidate focused on the economy and affordability Middlesex, Vt. – In response...
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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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...
View ArticleNew ad: Democrat leaders support expansion of sales tax
NEWS RELEASE Oct. 1, 2012 Contact: Tayt Brooks St. Albans, VT – Vermonters First today launched a new television ad to draw much needed attention to some Vermont Democrats’ intentions to expand the...
View ArticleVermonters First release another deliberately misleading ad
NEWS RELEASE October 1, 2012 CONTACT: Ariel Wengroff 802-676-4086 Montpelier, Vt. – Super PAC Vermonters First today showed once again that their aim is to mislead Vermonters, not represent the facts...
View ArticleCongressman Welch scheduled to testify before Vermont Senate Finance Committee
NEWS RELEASE — Sen. Tim Ashe January 29, 2013 Contact: Senator Tim Ashe Phone: 802-318-0903 E-mail: timashe@burlingtontelecom.net The Senate Finance Committee will be taking testimony from Congressman...
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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 ArticlePhil Scott: ‘I will veto a new sales tax on services’
For Immediate Release September 19, 2016 Media Contact: Ethan Latour ethan@philscott.org 802-595-3776 Phil Scott the only candidate focused on the economy and affordability Middlesex, Vt. – In response...
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