Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 5861
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 5861
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Taxes appointed under section 3101 of this title or any officer or employee of the Department authorized by the Commissioner (directly or indirectly by one or more redelegations of authority) to perform the functions mentioned or described in this chapter. See
- Individual: means a natural person. See
- Person: shall include an individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, corporation, trust, estate, or other entity. 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
§ 5861. Returns by individuals, trusts, and estates
(a) Every individual, trust, or estate subject to taxation for any taxable year under section 5822 of this title shall file a Vermont personal income tax return for that taxable year if that person is required to file a United States income tax return for that year and (1) earned or received more than $100.00 of Vermont income, or (2) earned or received more than $1,000.00 in gross income from the sources listed in subdivisions 5823(b)(1) through (6) of this title, whether or not a resident, in that year, or has a tax liability under this chapter for that year.
(b) The return required to be filed under this section shall be filed on or before the date a United States income tax return is originally required to be filed by the individual, trust, or estate under the laws of the United States for the taxable year or the date as extended by the Commissioner under section 5868 of this title.
(c) Spouses or a surviving spouse may file a joint Vermont personal income tax return for any taxable year for which the spouses or surviving spouse are permitted to file a joint federal income tax return under the laws of the United States.
(d) If a joint Vermont personal income tax return is filed by spouses or by a surviving spouse for any taxable year, the tax under this chapter shall be measured by the joint federal income tax liability of the taxpayers for that taxable year and their liability with respect to the tax under this chapter shall be joint and several.
(e) The Commissioner may require information on a Vermont personal income tax return that is sufficient to identify the school district, as defined in 16 V.S.A. § 11(a)(10), in which the taxpayer resides. The Commissioner may consider a return incomplete if the information required under this subsection is not provided and shall cause the return to be completed.
(f) [Repealed.]
(g) [Repealed.] (Added 1966, No. 61 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966; amended 1967, No. 121, § 13, eff. Jan. 1, 1968; 1981, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. April 19, 1982; 1987, No. 82, § 3, eff. June 9, 1987; 1993, No. 49, §§ 13, 14, eff. May 28, 1993; 1995, No. 47, § 20, eff. April 20, 1995; 1999, No. 49, § 56, eff. June 2, 1999; 2007, No. 33, § 2, eff. May 18, 2007; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 538, eff. July 1, 2022.)