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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9533

  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Vermont Health Access. See
  • Nursing home: means an institution, as defined in 33 V. See
  • Transfer: means every sale or change of ownership of a Vermont nursing home owned by the transferor during the entire 12-year period immediately preceding the change in ownership and providing services to the State under a contract during the entire period, after which transfer the home will continue in operation. See
  • Transferor: means the owner of a nursing home who by the transfer has been divested of an ownership interest in the home. See

§ 9533. Tax liability, payment, and acknowledgement

(a) The tax imposed by this chapter is the sole liability of the transferor and shall conclusively be presumed to have been paid by the transferor only.

(b) The tax shall be paid by the transferor to the Department of Vermont Health Access within 10 days after the date of the transfer, accompanied by the nursing home transferor tax form prescribed by the Commissioner.

(c) A nursing home transferor tax return filing shall not be required for changes in nursing home ownership that are not transfers as defined in subdivision 9530(7) of this chapter.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in 1 V.S.A. § 317 and section 3102 of this title, tax return filings made pursuant to this chapter shall be public information, subject to disclosure pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 316.

(e) Upon the receipt of the full amount of the tax, the Commissioner shall deposit receipts from the transferor tax into the General Fund. (Added 1995, No. 14, § 5, eff. April 12, 1995; amended 1995, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 22, 1996; 1999, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 66; 2009, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § I.33; 2019, No. 6, § 71, eff. April 22, 2019.)