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  • Rep. Janet Ancel, Chair
  • Rep. Samuel Young, Vice Chair
  • Rep. William Canfield, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Fred Baser
  • Rep. Cynthia Browning
  • Rep. Johannah Donovan
  • Rep. Gabrielle Lucke, Clerk
  • Rep. James Masland
  • Rep. George W. Till
  • Rep. Kurt Wright

House Committee on Ways and Means

 

AGENDA

 

Room 34

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/26/2018 11:41 AM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

10:00 AM          FLOOR

 

After the Floor          Caucuses

 

After Caucus          H. 573 - An act relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the City of Rutland

Rep. Peter J. Fagan, Sponsor

 

11:45 AM          Education Finance

Committee Discussion

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly-House Chamber

 

2:00 PM          Education Finance

Committee Discussion

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:45 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Committee Discussion

Kaj Samsom, Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Douglas Farnham, Director and Tax Research Economist, Department of Taxes

 

4:00 PM          Education Finance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9:00 AM          The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: What it Means for States

Tax Policy Center Webinar

 

10:30 AM          TIF Report

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

After the Floor          Education Finance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:00 AM          Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program

Jan Demers, Executive Director, CVOEO

 

9:15 AM          2018 TIF Report

Casey Mock, Executive Director, Vermont Economic Progress Council

 

10:00 AM          Social Security Income

Exemption Proposals

Andrew Stein, Research Economist, Department of Taxes - Invited

 

10:55 AM          H. 626 - An act relating to veterans’ benefits and pensions and the calculation of income for purposes of the homestead property tax income sensitivity adjustment and renter rebate

Bob Burke, Director, Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs

Doug Farnham, Senior Research Economist and the Director of Policy, Department of Taxes

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          FLOOR

 

After the Floor          Education Finance

Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Analyst, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:45 PM          H. 694 - An act relating to captive insurance companies

Rep. Linda K. Myers, Reporter

 

3:00 PM          Retirement Income

Committee Discussion

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

9:30 AM          FLOOR

 

After the Floor          Market-Based Sourcing

Rep. Dylan Giambatista

 

11:00 AM          H. 586 - An act relating to the exemption for nonprofit organizations from the meals tax

Rep. Barbara Murphy, Sponsor

 

11:30 AM          Government Accountability Committee Report

Committee Discussion

 

11:40 AM          H. 587 - An act relating to requiring certain third-party facilitators of retail sales to collect sales tax or follow notice requirements

Rep. James Harrison, Sponsor

 

12:15 PM          Tax Workshop

Education Finance

Room 10

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Analyst, Office of Legislative Council