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Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)

32 V.S.A. § 5939

Confidentiality exemption; nondisclosure

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# (a)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law prohibiting disclosure by the Department of the contents of taxpayer records or information and notwithstanding any confidentiality statute of any claimant agency, disclosure of the name, address, and Social Security number of a debtor; amount of refund owed to a debtor; amount of debt owed by a debtor;
and amount of refund attributable to the income of non-debtor spouse, between the Department and the claimant agency as necessary to effectuate the intent of this chapter, is lawful.

# (b)

The information obtained by a claimant agency from the Department in accordance with the exemption allowed by this section shall only be used by a claimant agency in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices, and any person employed by, or formerly employed by, a claimant agency who discloses any such information for any other purpose, except as otherwise allowed by law, shall be penalized in accordance with the terms of section 3102 of this title as if that person were an agent of the Commissioner. The claimant agency to which information is disclosed shall provide for the protection and security of the information as required by the Commissioner. (

Last amended: Added 1981, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 4, 1982; amended 2005, No. 14, § 12, eff. May 3, 2005.)

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 151-5914 · Returns and mandatory payments
  2. 151-5915 · Minimum tax
  3. 151-5916 · Tax credits
  4. 151-5920 · Returns and mandatory payments
  5. 151-5921 · Minimum tax
  6. 151-5922 · Financial services development tax credit
  7. 151-5923 · 151-5923
  8. 151-5925 · Repealed. 2015, No. 57, § 98, effective June 11, 2015
  9. 151-5926 · Repealed. 2005, No. 75, § 16, eff. June 23, 2005
  10. 151-5927 · 151-5927
  11. 151-5929 · Repealed. 2005, No. 94 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 8, 2006
  12. 151-5930 · Repealed. 2005, No. 94 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 8, 2006
  13. 151-5930a · 151-5930a
  14. 151-5930c · 151-5930c
  15. 151-5930j · Repealed. 2005, No. 184 (Adj. Sess.), § 16
  16. 151-5930k · Repealed. 2005, No. 184 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. January…
  17. 151-5930n · Repealed. 2005, No. 183 (Adj. Sess.), § 16(b)
  18. 151-5930p · 151-5930p
  19. 151-5930t · Repealed. 2005, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 31,…
  20. 151-5930u · Tax credit for affordable housing
  21. 151-5930v · Repealed. 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § H.28(a), eff. January…
  22. 151-5930w · 151-5930w
  23. 151-5930y · Repealed. 2013, No 73, § 24, eff. January 1, 2014
  24. 151-5930z · Repealed. 2019, No. 51, § 40(1), eff. Jan. 1, 2019
  25. 151-5931 · Short title
  26. 151-5932 · Definitions
  27. 151-5933 · Collection of debts through setoff
  28. 151-5934 · Procedure for setoff
  29. 151-5935 · Joint returns
  30. 151-5936 · Hearing procedure
  31. 151-5937 · Priorities in claims to setoff
  32. 151-5938 · Collection assistance fees
  33. 151-5939 · Confidentiality exemption; nondisclosure
  34. 151-5940 · Rules and regulations
  35. 151-5941 · Procedure for setoff of court judgments
  36. 151-5942 · Offset for taxes owed in another state; reciprocity
  37. 151-5951 · Definitions; general provisions
  38. 151-5952 · Imposition of tax
  39. 151-5953 · Exemptions
  40. 151-5954 · Filing of return and payment of tax
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