VA Senate Passes Income Tax for Transportation Bill
Vienna's Sen. Chap Petersen speaks out against proposal that would allow localities to impose a 1 percent income tax without voter approval.
The Virginia State Senate has passed a bill that would enable Virginia localities to create a local income tax to fund improvements to transportation infrastructure. Under the legislation, SB 1313, which is now awaiting review in the House of Delegates, local governments would be allowed to establish an income tax of up to 1 percent without approval from voters. The bill would affect the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William, and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park. Current Virginia law dictates a jurisdiction’s residents must approve a local income tax in a referendum. The majority of Virginia localities, like Fairfax County, rely on road maintenance from the state, with the …
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Bob Bruhns
2:32 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013
Even if this particular trick is defeated this time, rest assured that it will be tried again, and again, and again, until it succeeds in picking your pockets. Face facts. People just might want to make sure that they are not paying two times what the Dulles Rail / Silver Line should cost, plus finance charges on the huge pile of money that has to be borrowed, in order to overpay so grossly for … more ›