{
 "state": "Vermont",
 "code": "VT",
 "url": "https://cartaxhq.com/vermont/",
 "summary": "Vermont has no yearly car tax. Cars are not taxed as property, so owners pay only registration fees. When you buy or register a car, Vermont charges a one-time 6% purchase and use tax.",
 "annual": {
  "kind": "none",
  "note": "No yearly car tax; only registration fees."
 },
 "purchase": {
  "rate": 6,
  "name": "Vermont motor vehicle purchase and use tax",
  "localAdds": false,
  "tradeInCredit": true,
  "note": "Charged on the greater of the price or J.D. Power clean trade-in value. The $2,486 cap applies only to heavy trucks and some other vehicles, not to cars."
 },
 "registration": "Car registration is $91 for one year or $167 for two years. Plug-in hybrids pay $135.50 and EVs pay $178 a year.",
 "due": "No yearly car tax. Registration renews every one or two years.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "title": "Vermont DMV – Vehicle taxation",
   "url": "https://dmv.vermont.gov/tax-title/vehicle-taxation"
  },
  {
   "title": "Vermont DMV – Fees",
   "url": "https://dmv.vermont.gov/registrations/fees"
  }
 ],
 "verified": "2026-10-14",
 "places": []
}