| The Vermont State Agency that oversees the | | | | The Vermont new hire-reporting agency can be |
| collection and reporting of State income | | | | reached at 800-786-3214 or 802-241-2194 or on |
| taxes deducted from payroll checks is: | | | | the web at |
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| Department of Taxes | | | | Vermont does not allow compulsory direct |
| | | | deposit |
| 109 State Street | | | | |
| | | | Vermont requires the following information on |
| Montpelier, VT 05609-1401 | | | | an employee's pay stub: |
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| (802) 828-2551 | | | | - Gross and Net Earnings |
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| Vermont allows you to use the "W-4VT, Vermont | | | | - straight time and overtime pay |
| Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate" | | | | |
| form to calculate state income tax | | | | - hours worked |
| withholding or federal W4 form. | | | | |
| | | | - itemized deductions |
| Not all states allow salary reductions made | | | | |
| under Section 125 cafeteria plans or 401(k) | | | | Vermont requires that employee be paid no |
| to be treated in the same manner as the IRS | | | | less often than weekly; biweekly or |
| code allows. In Vermont cafeteria plans are | | | | semimonthly if employer gives notice. |
| not taxable for income tax calculation; | | | | |
| taxable for unemployment insurance purposes. | | | | Vermont requires that the lag time between |
| 401(k) plan deferrals are not taxable for | | | | the end of the pay period and the payment of |
| income taxes; taxable for unemployment | | | | wages to the employee not exceed six days; 13 |
| purposes. | | | | under union contract. |
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| In Vermont supplemental wages are taxed at a | | | | Vermont payroll law requires that |
| 7.2% flat rate. | | | | involuntarily terminated employees must be |
| | | | paid their final pay with in 3 working days |
| Magnetic media reporting of W-2s is not | | | | and that voluntarily terminated employees |
| allowed in Vermont. | | | | must be paid their final pay by the next |
| | | | regular payday; if there is none, next |
| The Vermont State Unemployment Insurance | | | | Friday. |
| Agency is: | | | | |
| | | | There is no provision in Vermont law |
| Department of Employment and Training | | | | concerning paying deceased employees. |
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| 5 Green Mountain Dr. | | | | Escheat laws in Vermont require that |
| | | | unclaimed wages be paid over to the state |
| P.O. Box 488 | | | | after two years. |
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| Montpelier, VT 05601-0488 | | | | There is no provision in Vermont law |
| | | | concerning record retention of abandoned wage |
| (802) 828-4344 | | | | records. |
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| (877) 214-3331 | | | | Vermont payroll law mandates no more than |
| | | | $3.35 may be used as a tip credit. |
| The State of Vermont taxable wage base for | | | | |
| unemployment purposes is wages up to | | | | In Vermont the payroll laws covering |
| $8000.00. | | | | mandatory rest or meal breaks are only that |
| | | | all employees be given a reasonable |
| Vermont has optional reporting of quarterly | | | | opportunity to eat and use toilet facilities. |
| wages on magnetic media. | | | | |
| | | | There is no provision in Vermont law |
| Unemployment records must be retained in | | | | concerning record retention of wage and hour |
| Vermont for a minimum period of six years. | | | | records therefor it is probably wise to |
| This information generally includes: name; | | | | follow FLSA guidelines. |
| social security number; dates of hire, rehire | | | | |
| and termination; wages by period; payroll pay | | | | The Vermont agency charged with enforcing |
| periods and pay dates; date and circumstances | | | | Child Support Orders and laws is: |
| of termination. | | | | |
| | | | Office of Child Support |
| The Vermont State Agency charged with | | | | |
| enforcing the state wage and hour laws is: | | | | Agency of Human Services |
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| Department of Labor and Industry | | | | 103 S. Main St. |
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| Wage and Hour Division | | | | Waterbury, VT 05671-1901 |
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| National Life Bldg., Drawer 20 | | | | (800) 786-3214 |
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| Montpelier, VT 05620-3401 | | | | Vermont has the following provisions for |
| | | | child support deductions: |
| (802) 828-2157 | | | | |
| | | | - When to start Withholding? 10 days after |
| The minimum wage in Vermont is $7.00 per | | | | receipt of order or next payday. |
| hour. | | | | |
| | | | - When to send Payment? Within 7 days of |
| The general provision in Vermont concerning | | | | Payday. |
| paying overtime in a non-FLSA covered | | | | |
| employer is one and one half times regular | | | | - When to send Termination Notice? Within |
| rate after 40-hour week. | | | | 10 days of termination. |
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| Vermont State new hire reporting requirements | | | | - Maximum Administrative Fee? $5 per |
| are that every employer must report every new | | | | month. |
| hire and rehire. The employer must report | | | | |
| the federally required elements of: | | | | - Withholding Limits? Federal Rules under |
| | | | CCPA. |
| - Employee's name | | | | |
| | | | Please note that this article is not updated |
| - Employee's address | | | | for changes that can and will happen from |
| | | | time to time. |
| - Employee's social security number | | | | |
| | | | Charles J. Read, CPA has been in the payroll, |
| - Employer's name | | | | accounting and tax business for 30 years,the |
| | | | last fifteen in private practice. Mr. Read |
| - Employers address | | | | is the author of "Tax and Accounting Issuesin |
| | | | Forming a New Business." |
| - Employer's Federal Employer Identification | | | | |
| Number (EIN) | | | | To find professional payroll services at a |
| | | | budget price go to paperless payroll |
| This information must be reported within 20 | | | | company. |
| days of the hiring or rehiring. | | | | |
| | | | For a full service payroll bureau with CPA's |
| The information can be sent as a W4 or | | | | on staff visit . |
| equivalent by mail, fax or electronically. | | | | |
| | | | See an excerpt of Mr. Read's interviews from |
| There is a $500 penalty for conspiracy in | | | | William Shatner's "Heartbeat of |
| Vermont. | | | | America"television show on the web sites |
| | | | linked above. |