Vermont § 1702 - Obligations after disaster response period

§ 1702. Obligations after disaster response period

• (a) Business and employee status during the disaster response period. (1)(A) An out-of-state business that conducts operations within the State for purposes of
  performing work or services related to a declared State disaster or emergency during
  the disaster response period shall not be considered to have established a level of
  presence that would require that business to register, file, or remit State or local
  taxes or that would require that business or its out-of-state employees to be subject
  to any State licensing or registration requirements. (B) This includes any State or local business licensing or registration requirements or
  State and local taxes or fees, including unemployment insurance, State or local occupational
  licensing fees, ad valorem tax on equipment brought into the State temporarily for
  use during the disaster response period and subsequently removed from the State, and
  Public Utility Commission or Secretary of State licensing and regulatory requirements. (C) For purposes of any State or local tax on or measured by, in whole or in part, net
  or gross income or receipts, all activity of the out-of-state business that is conducted
  in this State pursuant to this chapter shall be disregarded with respect to any filing
  requirements for such tax, including the filing required for a unitary or combined
  group of which the out-of-state business may be a part. (D) For the purpose of apportioning income, revenue, or receipts, the performance by an
  out-of-state business of any work in accordance with this section shall not be sourced
  to or shall not otherwise impact or increase the amount of income, revenue, or receipts
  apportioned to this State. (2)(A) An out-of-state employee shall not be considered to have established residency or
  a presence in the State that would require that person or that person’s employer to
  file and pay income taxes or to be subjected to tax withholdings or to file and pay
  any other State or local tax or fee during the disaster response period. (B) This includes any related State or local employer withholding and remittance obligations,
  but does not include any transaction taxes or fees as described in subsection (b)
  of this section. (b) Transaction taxes and fees. An out-of-state business and an out-of-state employee
  shall be required to pay transaction taxes and fees, including fuel tax and sales
  and use tax on materials or services consumed or used in the State subject to sales
  and use tax, rooms and meals tax, car rental taxes or fees that the out-of-state affiliated
  business or out-of-state employee purchases for use or consumption in the State during
  the disaster response period, unless such taxes are otherwise exempted during a disaster
  response period. An out-of-state business making retail sales of tangible personal
  property during the disaster response period shall be subject to all sales tax registration,
  collection, reporting, and other requirements set forth in 32 V.S.A. chapter 233. (c) Business or employee activity after disaster response period. An out-of-state business
  or out-of-state employee that remains in the State after the disaster response period
  will become subject to the State’s normal standards for establishing presence, residency,
  or doing business in the State and will therefore become responsible for any business
  or employee tax requirements that ensue. (Added 2015, No. 51, § A.1., eff. June 3, 2015; amended 2017, No. 53, § 12.)