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Did you know that as a convenience to their employees residing in Vermont, out-of-state employers with no activities in the state may withhold Vermont income tax from the wages earned out-of-state by these employees?

Vermont Income Tax Withholding

Vermont requires employers to withhold state income tax from their employees' wages and remit the amounts withheld to the Vermont Department of Taxes.

Employers located in Vermont or out-of-state employers with employees working in the state are required to withhold Vermont income tax from Vermont residents or from residents of other states working in Vermont. As a convenience to their employees residing in Vermont, out-of-state employers with no activities in the state may withhold Vermont income tax from the wages earned out-of-state by these employees.

Vermont Benefits

Vermont Voting Rights:

Employer Right To
Schedule Voting Hours
Pay Deduction For
Voting Time Leave
No No

Vermont does not have a voting time leave law.

Vermont Compensation

Employers must pay employees covered by Vermont's minimum wage law at least $7.53 an hour.

All employees of employers with two or more workers are covered except for:

  • employees working in an executive, administrative, or professional capacity;
  • outside salespersons;
  • agricultural workers;
  • cab drivers; and
  • students working during a school year or during vacation.

Vermont Payroll

Employers covered by Vermont's wage payment law must pay wages weekly or (if written notice is given employees) on a biweekly or semimonthly basis. Paydays cannot be more than six days following the close of a pay period or more than 13 days if provided for in a collective bargaining agreement. All employees are covered.

Vermont Unemployment:

Taxable Wage Base
($000s)
New Employer Rate
(% Taxable Wages)
Employee Tax Rate
(% Taxable Wages)
Period Effective
8,000 1 - 4.5 None Fiscal Year 2007

Helpful Links for Vermont Payroll

Vermont Department of Taxes
P.O. Box 547
Montpelier, Vermont 05601
(802) 828-2551

Vermont Department of Labor
P.O. Box 488
5 Green Mountain Drive
Montpelier, Vermont 05601
(802) 828-4000

Vermont Laws

Vermont Rules


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