[Sporin]

Not 100% sure about clothes but i think you are right.

Sales tax
Vermont's general sales tax rate is 6 percent. The tax is imposed on sales of tangible personal property, amusement charges, fabrication charges, some public utility charges and some service contracts.
Effective Jan. 1, 2007, the tax rate to be applied for local option purposes is determined by the delivery location of the item purchased, rather than the sale's origin. For example, a seller in Montpelier, which has no local option tax, would be required to collect the tax on a taxable item shipped or delivered to a buyer in Burlington. More on this and other sales tax changes can be found here.
A use tax is imposed on the buyer at the same rate as the sales tax. The buyer pays the use tax when the seller fails to collect the sales tax or the items are purchased from a source where no tax is collected. The use tax applies to items taxable under the sales tax rule.

[MRVphotog]

Here is the official lingo......don't feel bad most Vermonters I come across are unaware as well. The craziest part is that not all stores are aware of the change either. If you get charged sales tax you might mention it although they probably won't believe you.... :wink:

All clothing and footwear is tax exempt, regardless of price. (Under current Vermont law, only clothing and footwear items priced more than $110 are taxed, amounting to $1.7 million a year in sales tax revenue, according to the Joint Fiscal Office.)

Here is the full article. The clothing exemption was a result of the 19 state tax change bill passed late last year mostly having to do with taxing online sales.

Taxing times: Times Argus Online

[Sporin]

sweet.

Living on the border I get a lot of NH coworkers and friends bring up the sales tax issue, painting it as some broad, all consuming weight upon Vermonters. That's simply untrue. The only time I give a thought to sales tax is when I buy a car... other then that it's pretty much a non-issue for me.

[harry chickpea]

That change in tax rules is nuts, and makes any business that doesn't ask for the residence of a customer a lawbreaker. If I lived in Burlington and bought items at a store in Montpelier, and was charged more tax because of delivery to my place of residence, I'd cancel the sale and pick up the item myself. As a business owner, I would be livid about the extra paperwork involved.

While I'm on the subject of sales tax... I remember when Vermont first instituted the 3% sales tax. Now, in theory, if sales tax reflects the costs of goods, isn't it automatically increasing at the rate of inflation? At 6%, the rate has doubled over the rate of inflation. I'm seeing areas of the country now with 10% sales tax and I expect it to go higher unless people start taking their governments to task for overspending. Maybe that third party candidate is right. This can't continue indefinitely. The logical conclusion will be people paying 100% tax and being on the government dole because they can't pay their bills.

Actually, what might be needed is an ammendment to the U.S. Constitution, that the TOTAL tax burden on any citizen through direct or indirect taxes or government programs like social security not be more than 33% of earnings, and that all tax collected in excess of that amount be returned.

[johnwyimrich]

Hello all
Does anyone know about Brighton VT

[bungalowbob]

There should be a mandate that people grow their own food, and make their own clothes.