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Vermont statewide rule

Vermont's state sales tax is 6% of the sales price (32 V.S.A. 9771), and use tax is charged at the same rate. A town or city may, by vote of its residents, add a 1% local option sales tax, a 1% local option meals and alcoholic beverages tax and/or a 1% local option rooms tax (24 V.S.A. 138); the Department of Taxes collects them on a destination basis, so in a town with the local sales tax the combined rate on taxable goods is 7%.

§ legislature.vermont.gov
Verified Nov 13, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“The tax shall be paid at the rate of six percent of the sales price charged for”

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Vermont taxes personal income at four graduated rates: 3.35%, 6.60%, 7.60% and 8.75% of Vermont taxable income (32 V.S.A. 5822). The bracket thresholds differ by filing status and are adjusted every year for inflation; the Department of Taxes publishes each year's rate schedules and tax tables. A high-income minimum applies: some taxpayers with large federal adjusted gross income must pay at least 3% of it (5822).

§ legislature.vermont.govVerified Nov 13, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“Over $237,950.00 $14,423.00 plus 8.75% of the amount of taxable income over $237,950.00”

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Vermont's state tax on gasoline is set by formula (23 V.S.A. 3106(a)): a 12.1-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax, plus a motor fuel transportation infrastructure assessment of the greater of 3.96 cents or 2% of the tax-adjusted retail price, plus a fuel tax assessment of the greater of 13.4 cents or 4% of the tax-adjusted retail price, capped at 18 cents. The two assessments are recalculated each quarter from the Department of Public Service's average retail price, so the state total is at least 29.46 cents a gallon before the petroleum distributor licensing fee, and the federal 18.4-cent tax is on top.

§ legislature.vermont.govVerified Nov 13, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“(A) a tax of $0.121 upon each gallon of motor fuel sold by the distributor; and (B) the following assessments:”

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Vermont property tax has two layers. The statewide education property tax has separate homestead and nonhomestead rates for every town, recalculated each year from school spending; the Department of Taxes publishes the table (the FY2027 rates for the 2026–2027 property-tax year were set and posted in July 2026). On top of that, each town or city levies its own municipal property tax. Your home is taxed at the homestead rate only if you file a Homestead Declaration each year, so total rates vary town to town and by how the property is used.

§ tax.vermont.govVerified Nov 13, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
“The town tax rate tables and resources below are for the current, 2026-2027, property tax year (FY2027).”

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Permitted

In Vermont, food and food ingredients sold for eating off the premises are exempt from sales tax, as are foods bought with SNAP benefits (32 V.S.A. 9741(13)). "Food and food ingredients" does not include soft drinks (nonalcoholic beverages with natural or artificial sweeteners, other than those containing milk, soy, rice or similar milk substitutes, or more than 50% fruit or vegetable juice), alcoholic beverages, tobacco, or cannabis products, so those are taxed at 6% (32 V.S.A. 9701(31), (53)). Meals bought at a restaurant fall under the separate meals and rooms tax.

§ legislature.vermont.govVerified Nov 13, 2026Reviewed
What the official source says
““Food and food ingredients” does not include alcoholic beverages, tobacco, cannabis and cannabis products as defined under 7 V.S.A. § 831, or soft drinks.”

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