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Vermont Ways & Means hears warnings about administrative headaches as business groups push to conform to HR1
Summary
Business leaders urged the Ways & Means Committee to conform to selected HR1 changes to provide stability for Vermont employers, while tax department officials and state and multistate experts warned that targeted decoupling may be necessary to avoid major compliance costs and revenue volatility.
The Ways and Means Committee heard three hours of testimony on Feb. 5 about whether Vermont should conform to recent federal tax changes under HR1, a decision witnesses said will trade administrative simplicity against potential near-term revenue losses.
Amy Spear, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, told the committee that in a period of federal policy volatility the most important state conforming choices are those that "provide stability, breathing room, particularly around research and experimental expenditures, business interest deductions, [and] expensing of depreciable business assets." She said conformity can help businesses reinvest and plan despite federal uncertainty.
Tax practitioners and the tax department gave a more technical…
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