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Tax officials tell Ways & Means data sharing would ease veteran tax credit verification
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Samrock told the Ways & Means Committee that the Vermont Department of Taxes prefers a data-sharing system to verify veteran status for a new veteran tax credit in S.51; absent that, the department may request VA documentation during return review. A vote on S.51 was scheduled for the committee’s next meeting.
Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Samrock of the Vermont Department of Taxes told the Ways & Means Committee that the department prefers a data-sharing solution to verify veteran status before administering a new veteran tax credit proposed in S.51, and that, without such a system, the department may request documentation from claimants during return review.
Samrock said the department is weighing taxpayer ease against administrative integrity and prefers an electronic database that would allow matching by an identifier. "The best option would be if there was some sort of data sharing or database that…
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