John 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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