Members of the Vermont Legislature,
We, the undersigned organizations, representing cumulatively more than 9,500 employers with more than 200,000 employees implore you to conform with the federal treatment of forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans in the tax year 2021, just as you did in tax year 2020. This is important for the following reasons:
Taxing PPP loans would negate the purpose of the program. When PPP was first created under the CARES Act, the legislative intention was that these loans would be non-taxable. Congress saw this as so important to the program’s desired impact that they took the extraordinary step of reaffirming this in the subsequent Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Raising the (price of the) roof: Price of lumber, building materials up 180% in the last year here’s why
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Luis Santos works in the lumber yard of A. Boilard Sons, Inc. in Springfield, April 9, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD A 2-by-4 that cost $2.25 a year ago now sells for $5 or more.
The price of a 4-foot-by-8-foot sheet of drywall that sold for $6 last year is now over $8.
And a sheet of plywood the same size that sold for $26 last year is now pushing $80.
The price of lumber and other building materials has nearly tripled in the last year, up 180%, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
2021 home sales, construction off to strong start in Capital Region | The Daily Gazette
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A sale is pending on this house on Crescent Avenue in Amsterdam.
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CAPITAL REGION Demand remains strong and supply remains limited in the Capital Region housing market, and prices are rising as a result.
Local Realtors closed sales on 18% more houses in the first two months of 2021 than in the same two months of 2020, despite January and February traditionally being among the slowest sales months. And the median sale price for those houses was 14% higher year over year.
March statistics aren’t finalized, but indications are that the trend continued from the previous two months, the regional trade association for Realtors said Friday.
Should cities and towns adopt the future net zero stretch energy code?
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By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated April 9, 2021, 4:50 p.m.
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Director of Clean Energy, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, a regional planning agency for 101 cities and towns in Greater Boston
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The new net zero stretch code the state must now develop as an option for cities and towns will pave the way for highly efficient buildings that are predominantly electric and fueled by renewables.
The stateâs newly enacted climate law directs the Department of Energy Resources to write this new stretch code, which would set ânet zeroâ standards for new construction â and possibly major renovations â exceeding those in the state building code or the existing stretch code. In municipalities adopting the new code, that could mean, for example, requiring highly efficient electric
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