Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 5855
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 5855
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Tax: means , for any taxpayer and for any taxable year, the income tax liability of the taxpayer for that taxable year under section 5822 of this title, reduced by any allowable credits against such tax. See
- tax liability: includes the liability for all amounts owing by a taxpayer to the State of Vermont under this chapter. See
- Taxable year: means the calendar year, or the fiscal year ending during the calendar year, with respect to which a tax is imposed under this chapter and, in the case of a return filed with respect to a fractional part of a year, the period with respect to which the return is filed. See
- Taxpayer: means a person obligated to file a return with or pay or remit any amount to this State under this chapter. See
§ 5855. Payments as tax liability
(a) Any payment of estimated tax required to be made under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deemed to be a tax liability for the purposes of this chapter. All of the provisions of this chapter, including the provisions governing interest and penalties for nonpayment of tax liabilities, liens, levies, and appeals, shall apply to underpayments of estimated tax except as such provisions conflict with the express provisions of this subchapter.
(b) No interest or penalty shall be assessed for underpayment of estimated tax for any taxable year if:
(1) the tax shown on the return for such taxable year (or, if no return is filed, the tax), reduced by the amount deducted and withheld for the taxable year under subchapter 4 of this chapter, is less than $500.00; or
(2) the preceding taxable year was a taxable year of 12 months and the taxpayer did not have any liability for tax for the preceding taxable year. (Added 1966, No. 61 (Sp. Sess.), eff. Jan. 1, 1966; amended 1967, No. 121, § 12, eff. Jan. 1, 1968; 1985, No. 266 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. June 4, 1986; 1989, No. 119, § 5, eff. June 22, 1989; 1997, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 29, 1998; 2001, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. June 21, 2002.)