Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 32, § 10112

Any tax liability imposed by this chapter is, from the time the tax liability becomes collectible under section 10111 of this title, a debt of the taxpayer to the State, to be recovered in an action on this title. The action shall be returnable in a county where the taxpayer resides or has a place of business, and if the taxpayer neither resides nor has a place of business in this State, the action shall be returnable in Washington County.