Vermont eases the squeeze for substitute sales tax

Rep. Janet Ancel, D-Calais, is chairwoman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDiggerVermont’s struggle to collect sales and use tax from its residents takes a new turn in the coming months, with a sharp reduction in what taxpayers who don’t keep track of purchases will be expected to pay.
In a little-noticed change lawmakers passed this year, the amounts that people are told to use when calculating tax on out-of-state, online and catalo