Tax reform bill clears House Appropriations Committee

Rep. Kitty Toll, D-Danville, speaks on the House floor about the fiscal year 2018 budget. Photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a sweeping tax reform package Thursday that would make broad changes to Vermont’s income tax and education finance system.
The committee voted 9-2 to pass H.911, a proposal crafted by the House Ways and Means Committee this session that would both protect Vermonters from paying about $30 million in additional taxes and chan