The Vermont Individual Income Tax Return Booklet for tax
year 2013 is now available. A press
release says taxpayers can find the forms on the Vermont Department of Taxes
website, email, or by ordering the booklet and forms by contacting the
department at (802)-828-2865 .
All other tax forms will be available starting on January 31. The booklet will no longer be distributed
through town offices, post offices, and libraries. Taxpayers can also e-file their federal and
state income taxes using a vendor of choice beginning on Jan. 31.
The Vermont Agency of Agriculture says free health
screenings and vaccinations are going to be available to the state’s 82nd Farm
Show. The free immunizations will take
place each day of the show from 9 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. at the Healthy
Farmers-Healthy Farms booth. Free health
screenings and information will also be available. They will include blood
pressure screening, blood glucose monitoring and DermaScan screening for sun
damage. The farm show this year will be
held at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction.
Vermont State Police are investigating a knifepoint robbery
in Wallingford that took place late
last night, the sixth knifepoint robbery in the region since the start of the
year. Police said around 9:30 p.m. they were called to the Mobil gas
station and convenience store at 172 North Main St.
for a reported armed robbery. Police
said an investigation revealed that a man went into the store, brandished a
knife to the clerk and demanded money. An undisclosed amount of money was
handed over to the robber who then fled the store on foot. The robbery last night comes on the heels of
another knifepoint robbery Sunday evening in Rutland .
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is presenting a budget proposal this
afternoon detailing how he will pay for a broad program of tax breaks while
maintaining funding for schools, health care and infrastructure. The budget proposal is expected to top $136
billion. Cuomo and state lawmakers will
try to maintain their three-year streak of reaching a final budget deal by the
start of the state fiscal year April 1. Cuomo
says his budget will usher in three years of projected surpluses if lawmakers
hold spending growth below 2 percent.
