Vermont § 5825a - Credit for Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan contributions

§ 5825a. Credit for Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan contributions

• (a) A taxpayer of this State, including each spouse filing a joint return, shall be eligible
  for a nonrefundable credit against the tax imposed under section 5822 of this title of 10 percent of the first $2,500.00 per beneficiary, contributed by the taxpayer
  during the taxable year to a Vermont Higher Education Investment Plan account under
  16 V.S.A. chapter 87, subchapter 7, provided the account is provided directly by the Vermont Student Assistance
  Corporation to the participant. (b) A taxpayer who has received a credit under subsection (a) of this section shall repay
  to the Commissioner 10 percent of any distribution from a higher education investment
  plan account, up to a maximum of the total credits received by the taxpayer under
  subsection (a) of this section minus any amount of repayment of such credits in prior
  tax years except when the distribution: (1) is used exclusively for costs of attendance at an approved postsecondary education
  institution as defined in 16 V.S.A. § 2822(6); (2) is used for a qualifying expense associated with a registered apprenticeship program
  pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 529(c)(8); (3) is made after the death of the beneficiary or after the beneficiary becomes disabled
  pursuant to subdivisions (q)(2)(C) and (m)(7) of 26 U.S.C. § 72; or (4) is used for qualified higher education expense loan repayment pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 529(c)(9), provided the loan being repaid was used exclusively for costs of attendance at an
  approved postsecondary education institution as defined in 16 V.S.A. § 2822(6). (c) Repayments under subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to assessment, notice,
  penalty and interest, collection, and other administration in the same manner as an
  income tax under this chapter. (Added 2003, No. 65, § 2, eff. for tax years beginning on and after Jan. 1, 2004; amended 2005, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 31, 2006; 2019, No. 51, § 19, eff. Jan. 1, 2019; 2019, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § E.605.3, eff. Oct. 2, 2020; 2019, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 19, eff. Oct. 8, 2020; 2021, No. 20, § 269; 2021, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. January 1, 2022.)