Vermont Statutes Title 32. Taxation and Finance, § 10010. Criminal penalties

(a) Any person who willfully defeats or evades or attempts to defeat or evade the tax imposed by this chapter shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $10,000.00 or five times the amount of the tax defeated or evaded or attempted to be defeated or evaded, whichever is larger, or may be both thus imprisoned and fined. A corporation or other taxable entity not being a natural person shall be subject to the fine provided by this section.

(b) Any officer, employee, director, trustee, or other responsible person of a corporation or other taxable entity, and any other person, who counsels, aids, abets, participates in, or conceals the defeat or evasion of tax, or the attempt thereat, shall be subject to the penalties of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Repealed by 2017, No. 73, § 31, eff. June 6, 2017.