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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9704

  • Commissioner: means the State Commissioner of Taxes or any officer or employee of the Department duly authorized by the Commissioner directly or indirectly by one or more redelegations of authority to perform the functions herein mentioned or described. See
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Vendor: means :

§ 9704. Principal and agent; joint and several liability

When in the opinion of the Commissioner it is necessary for the efficient administration of this chapter to treat any salesman, representative, peddler, or canvasser as the agent of the vendor, distributor, supervisor, or employer under whom he or she operates, or from whom he or she obtains tangible personal property sold by him or her, or for whom he or she solicits business, the Commissioner may, in his or her discretion, treat such agent as the vendor jointly and severally responsible with the principal, distributor, supervisor, or employer for the collection and payment of the tax. (Added 1969, No. 144, § 1, eff. June 1, 1969; amended 1991, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. May 7, 1992.)