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Businesses and ski areas urge the Ways & Means Committee to treat resorts within broader commercial category
Summary
The Vermont Chamber and Ski Vermont urged lawmakers to avoid singling out ski areas with a separate 'resort' tax classification, arguing it would create a narrow, weather-sensitive tax base and recommending resorts be treated as commercial property.
Business and tourism representatives told the Ways & Means Committee that the draft bill’s expansion of property-tax categories could unintentionally harm commerce and tourism if ski areas were put in a standalone "resort" class.
Amy Spear, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, said the Chamber represents businesses statewide and pressed for property-classification rules that are "equitable, transparent, and support economic growth." Spear noted survey data showing "86% of businesses expected last year's property tax increases to impact…
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