Take-home pay in Vermont by business structure

At $100,000 of profit, an owner in Vermont keeps $78,070 as an LLC taxed as an S corp and $73,961 as a sole proprietor, after 2026 taxes and fees. Change the profit to see your own numbers.

$78,070 a year

kept from $100,000 of profit as an LLC taxed as an S corp in Vermont, after every tax and fee counted here. That is $8,932 more than as a C corporation.

Vermont, 2026: $100,000 profit, single filer

Structure	Taxes and fees	You keep	Share
Sole proprietorship	$26,039	$73,961	74%
Single-member LLC	$26,067	$73,933	74%
LLC taxed as an S corp most	$21,930	$78,070	78%
S corporation	$21,941	$78,059	78%
C corporation	$30,862	$69,138	69%

What Vermont takes from a business owner

Vermont taxes personal income in 4 brackets, from 3.35% to 8.75% (2025, single filer).tax.vermont.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026
An LLC pays the state Annual Report, $45 a yearlegislature.vermont.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Vermont business entity minimum tax applies to LLC as S corp, S corptax.vermont.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.
Vermont has no pass-through entity tax electionforvismazars.us.
An S corp owner on payroll pays Vermont unemployment tax at 1% on the first $15,400 of salary in the first yearlabor.vermont.gov, checked Oct 23, 2026.

What you keep at each profit

Profit	Sole prop	LLC	LLC as S corp	S corp	C corp
$50,000	$39,145	$39,113	$39,013	$38,999	$36,656
$100,000	$73,961	$73,933	$78,070	$78,059	$69,138
$150,000	$105,585	$105,556	$112,135	$112,124	$96,963
$250,000	$169,550	$169,526	$177,974	$177,963	$153,690
$500,000	$300,971	$300,947	$327,193	$327,183	$289,364

Single filer, no other income, revenue 1.5 times profit, the default salary for S and C corps. The most kept at each profit is green.

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