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VT H0308

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ashley Bartley

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • All building materials and supplies would be exempt from Vermont sales and use tax, covering materials consumed, employed, or expended in construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, or repair of any building or structure

  • The exemption takes effect July 1, 2025 and includes a three-year sunset provision, expiring July 1, 2028

  • After the sunset, the exemption reverts to the previous limited version: only building materials exceeding $1,000,000 in purchase value within three consecutive years for manufacturing facilities used exclusively to produce tangible personal property for sale

  • Blueprints are explicitly excluded from the definition of "building materials and supplies" and do not qualify for the exemption

  • The stated statutory purpose changes from providing incentives to restore downtown districts to reducing the overall cost of construction in Vermont

Legislative Description

An act relating to exempting sales of building materials and supplies from sales and use tax

Last Action

Read first time and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

2/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/21/2025

Full Bill Text

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