Tax Services

Tax administration support for staff, faculty, an students in navigating tax laws (VT sales and use tax, unrelated business income tax, payments to foreign nationals and corporations, etc) is provided by the Payroll and Tax Services team.

We also administer the University's required federal, state, and local tax filings.

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User Guides

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Contact Payroll and Tax Services

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802-656-6600
taxadmin@uvm.edu
payroll@uvm.edu

237 Waterman Building
85 South Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05405

Open Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. & 1:30-4:30 p.m. (closed 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.)

Out-of-state employees

Payroll and Tax Services needs to be notified of any paid employee (student, staff, faculty, or graduate student) doing any portion of their work for UVM outside the state of Vermont. This allows us to ensure our capabilities and compliance with payroll, unemployment, and withholding tax law. Payroll and Tax also informs Risk Management to ensure we have proper coverage for Worker’s Compensation. It is to the benefit of both the employee and the University to ensure Payroll and Tax are provided with this information before any work commences and when a work location changes.

PeopleSoft Self-Service now has the ability to notify payroll and tax electronically of work being done outside of Vermont. Once logged into PeopleSoft Human Resources, go to the UVM Employee screen and select the Payroll and Tax tile. Once there employees will see a link on the left side of the screen connecting them with the Out-of-State Form. See the User Guide (PDF) for further instructions.

Foreign nationals/nonresident aliens

We provide guidance in hiring foreign nationals for employment or as independent contractors or honorarium recipients, providing a scholarship/fellowship/award, or making a payment to foreign corporations performing services in the U.S. For more information, see the Paying Foreign Nationals and Entities flowchart and checklist (PDF), email taxadmin@uvm.edu or read the Payments to Foreign Nationals and Entities Policy.

Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

UVM is exempt from federal income taxation as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization; however, the university is required to pay federal income tax on net income from activities that are unrelated to the three key components of the tax-exempt mission of the university: teaching, research, and public service. Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) is the federal income tax imposed on the Unrelated Business Income (UBI) generated by tax-exempt organizations. Read more about UBIT.

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