Taxes in South Burlington
South Burlington and Vermont's real, current 2026 tax picture runs genuinely higher across most categories than this project's other Tier A+ markets: a graduated state income tax (3.35%-8.75%), a combined 7% sales tax, and a property tax rate that runs well above this project's national comparison figure.
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Learn moreA Genuinely Graduated, Meaningfully Progressive State Income Tax
Vermont levies a real, current, graduated state individual income tax running from 3.35% (on the first $45,400 of taxable income for a single filer) up to a top marginal rate of 8.75% (above $229,550 for a single filer) across four brackets for 2026 -- a genuinely progressive, meaningfully higher structure than the low-income-tax states featured in several of this project's other Tier A+ records.
A Combined Sales Tax Around 7%
Vermont's state sales tax rate is 6.0%. The City of South Burlington adds a real, current 1.0% municipal local-option tax, for a combined rate of approximately 7.0% -- Chittenden County itself adds no separate county-level rate. This record did not independently benchmark this combined rate against a precise national comparison figure this pass.
Property Tax Runs Well Above the National Comparison Figure
As detailed on the property-taxes topic page, South Burlington's own cited median effective property tax rate (~1.92%) runs distinctly ABOVE this project's ~1.02% national comparison figure, reflecting Vermont's real, structurally high, education-funding-linked property tax system.
Key takeaways
- Vermont levies a genuinely graduated, meaningfully progressive state income tax (3.35%-8.75% across four brackets for 2026).
- South Burlington's combined sales tax rate runs approximately 7.0% (6.0% state + 1.0% city).
- Property tax runs well above the national comparison figure: South Burlington's own cited median effective rate (~1.92%) versus this project's ~1.02% national figure.
- Confirm a specific property's rate directly with the City of South Burlington Assessor's Office, given real subdivision-level variance.
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