Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)
32 V.S.A. § 3849
Business personal property; local option
# (a)
At an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, a municipality may, by a majority vote of those present and voting, elect not to tax, in whole or in part, business personal property according to this section. An election by a town not to tax business personal property shall remain in effect until repealed or amended by a similar vote of the town.
# (b)
As used in this section, “business personal property” means property defined in subsection 3618(c) of this title.
# (c)
If a town elects to repeal in whole the tax on business personal property, it may do so effective for 100 percent of property in the year following the vote, or it may vote to exempt an increasing percentage of property each year for a number of years not to exceed 10 years, until 100 percent of business personal property is exempt. (
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In this chapter (28 sections)
- 125-3800 · Statutory purposes
- 125-3801 · [Repealed.]
- 125-3802 · Property tax
- 125-3802a · Requirement to provide insurance information
- 125-3803 · Exemptions from local taxation
- 125-3831 · College, university, or fraternity property
- 125-3832 · Public, pious, and charitable uses
- 125-3833 · Repealed. 1979, No. 203 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 7, 1980
- 125-3834 · Factories; quarries; mines
- 125-3835 · Reporting exemption
- 125-3836 · Homes and dwellings
- 125-3837 · Airports
- 125-3838 · Hotels
- 125-3839 · Municipally owned lakeshore property
- 125-3840 · Charitable and fraternal organizations
- 125-3841 · Repealed. 1995, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 7(b), eff. May 15,…
- 125-3842 · Repealed. 1995, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 7(c), eff. May 15,…
- 125-3843 · Housing projects for low- and moderate-income occupants
- 125-3844 · Repealed. 2007, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 1, 2008
- 125-3845 · Renewable energy sources
- 125-3846 · Farmland appraisal contracts
- 125-3847 · Neighborhood housing improvement programs
- 125-3848 · Inventory tax; local option
- 125-3849 · Business personal property; local option
- 125-3850 · Blighted property improvement program
- 125-3870 · Definitions [Repealed effective July 1, 2037]
- 125-3871 · Exemption [Repealed effective July 1, 2037]
- 125-3872 · Administration and certification [Repealed effective July 1,…