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Ways & Means reviews H135 changes to nicotine product tax language to cover synthetic nicotine and new smokeless products
Summary
Abby Shepherd, executive policy advisor at the Vermont Department of Taxes, told the Ways & Means Committee that H135 would clarify statutory definitions so nicotine pouches and synthetically derived nicotine remain clearly taxable under the state’s tobacco-products tax.
Abby Shepherd, executive policy advisor at the Department of Taxes, told the Ways & Means Committee that H135 would amend definitions in the tobacco-products tax statute to capture changing products on the market, including nicotine pouches and synthetically derived nicotine.
Shepherd said the department’s concern is administrative clarity rather than making a policy judgment about taxation. “Our intent is really to make it clear so that we know how to actually administer the tax,” she told the committee.
Department staff said Vermont’s current statutory language creates a presumption of taxability, but recent litigation in other states showed manufacturers could challenge tax applicability on narrow definitional…
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