(Update – 05.11.18)
Vermont’s HB 922, which would enact a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products and is necessary to implement the state’s budget, is likely to pass the legislature soon–maybe even today. The bill then heads to Governor Scott’s desk for a final signature.
But Governor Scott is signaling that he will veto any new taxes on Vermonters.
Call the Governor’s office and urge him to keep his promise and veto new taxes on vapor products.
Call Gov. Scott: 802.828.3333
Please also take a moment today and send a message to your governor urging him to keep his promise and reject HB 922!
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(Update – 04.09.18)
HB 922, which would impose a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products, has been scheduled for a hearing on
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
15 minutes after floor (1:00 PM)
Senate Committee on Finance
Room 6
115 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05633
Please note: This is not a public hearing. Spoken testimony is being accepted by invitation only. Although opposition to this tax will be presented, the voice of consumer stakeholders is conspicuously absent.
In advance of the hearing, please make contact with Finance Committee members and urge them to reject this tax.
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(Original Post – 04.02.18)
A bill, H. 922, moving through the Vermont Senate includes a provision which would impose a 46% wholesale tax on vapor products. After passing the House with an amendment that reduced the proposed tax down to its current rate, H. 922 has been referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.
At this time, no hearing has been scheduled, but that could change at any moment.
Please take action TODAY by sending a message
to your Vermont Senator and members of the Committee on Finance
urging them to reject this unreasonable tax.
In 2016, Pennsylvania enacted a similar 40% wholesale tax which closed nearly a third of the vapor businesses operating in the state. But most recently, Vermont’s neighbor to the west, New York, rejected a proposal to enact a wholesale tax on vaping as part of the state’s FY 2019 budget.
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