Social Security plan would eliminate state tax for 35,000 Vermonters

Kaj Samsom, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Taxes. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
A plan to exempt Social Security benefits from the state income tax would eliminate the tax for about 35,000 retirees, according to Scott administration officials. That represents about 23 percent of people in Vermont who receive Social Security payments.Any single retiree who has an adjusted gross income of $45,000 or less would no longer pay state income taxes, according to Kaj Samsom, the commissione