Vermont Statutes Annotated — Title 32 (Taxation and Finance)

32 V.S.A. § 7442a — Imposition of a Vermont estate tax and rate of tax

(a) A tax is hereby imposed on the transfer of the estates of decedents as prescribed
by this chapter.
(b) The tax shall be computed as follows. The following rates shall be applied to the
Vermont taxable estate:
Amount of Vermont Taxable Estate
Rate of Tax
Under $5,000,000.00
None
$5,000,000.00 or more
16 percent of the excess over $5,000,000.00
The resulting amount shall be multiplied by a fraction not greater than one, where
the numerator of which is the value of the Vermont gross estate plus the value of
gifts under subdivision 7402(14)(C) of this title with a Vermont situs, and the denominator of which is the federal gross estate plus
the value of gifts under subdivision 7402(14)(C) of this title.
(c) All values shall be as finally determined for federal estate tax purposes.
(d) [Repealed.] (

Last amended: Added 1979, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 29, § 11, eff. April 14, 1995; 2001, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. June 21, 2002; 2009, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § H.31; 2009, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 33a; 2015, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; 2017, No. 73, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 189; 2019, No. 71, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2020; 2019, No. 71, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.)

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