Vermont Employer Compliance Kit 2027: State Checklist, Deadline Calendar and Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Owners, office managers and bookkeepers who run payroll for employees working in Vermont, from the first hire to the year-end forms.

Not the right fit if

Your employees work outside Vermont: get that state's kit, or the 2027 Employer Compliance Bundle for several states. Not a payroll service, and not a legal review of your policies.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Vermont data files, checked November 2026 against 9 official pages, among them Vermont DOL: Quarterly Reporting & Taxable Wage Information; Vermont Department of Labor: C-63 New Hire Reporting Requirements; Vermont DOL: 2026 minimum wage notice; 21 V.S.A. 482, Earned sick time (Vermont Legislature); 21 V.S.A. 304; Does My Employer Have Workers' Comp Coverage? | Vermont Department of Labor; 21 V.S.A. 342: Weekly payment of wages; Vermont DOL: UI claimant work search.
• 7 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and dates the Vermont new-hire steps for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 12 confirmed Vermont rules at a glance and the 7 items to confirm, each with the official page to check: open a state unemployment tax account (Vermont Department of Labor); taxable wage base for 2027 (Vermont DOL: Quarterly Reporting & Taxable Wage Information); state income tax withholding (Vermont Department of Taxes: Withholding for Employers); E-Verify for private employers (Employer Information, USCIS); minimum wage change in 2027 (Vermont DOL: 2026 minimum wage notice); tipped employees (U.S. Department of Labor: Minimum Wages for Tipped Employees (revised July 1, 2026)); breaks for workers under 18 (21 V.S.A. 304).
• Vermont 2027 checklist. Eight steps from unemployment tax registration to year-end filing, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date, from Vermont Department of Labor, Vermont Department of Labor: New Hire Reporting, Vermont Department of Labor, Workers' Compensation Division. What it confirms: taxable wage base for 2026 (the latest published): $15,400 per employee in 2026; new employer tax rate: 1% for a new employer; quarterly wage reports and payments: Vermont DOL: April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31; a weekend date moves to the next business day; report each new hire to the state: Within 10 days of the first day services are actually performed for compensation; minimum wage now (2026): $14.42 an hour; paid sick leave: Earned Sick Time Act (21 V.S.A. 481 to 487); meal breaks for adults: No fixed schedule: employers must give reasonable opportunities during work periods to eat; rest breaks for adults: No fixed schedule: employers must give reasonable opportunities during work periods to use the toilet; workers' compensation insurance: Coverage is required for all employment; final pay when you let someone go: Within 72 hours of discharge; final pay when an employee quits: On the last regular payday (the statute's words), or, if there is no regular payday, the following Friday; state copies of W-2s and 1099s: Under 32 V.S.A. 5862d, anyone required to file a federal Form 1099 for a nonresident who performed services in Vermont during the year must file a copy with the Department; the statute doesn't tie this to Vermont withholding.
• 2027 deadline calendar. 11 dates our Vermont files state: 4 quarterly due dates from Vermont Department of Labor; January 1, 2027: minimum wage change date (the 2027 rate is not confirmed); 1 state W-2 and 1099 filing dates from Vermont Department of Taxes, with weekend dates flagged and a month-by-month planner for your own.
• New hire and pay change checklist. One page per hire, with the report to Vermont Department of Labor: New Hire Reporting (new hires reported in 10 days) and the I-9 steps, and one per pay change.
• Vermont compliance workbook (Excel). The Vermont dates in a deadline tracker with days left and status, a new-hire sheet that dates each step from the start date (new hires reported in 10 days), and a pay-change sheet that flags any rate below the 2027 floor.