News Stories Tagged "taxes"

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Leaning On Past-Due Tax Bills

Loudoun Proposal Would Raise Fines

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Loudoun County is considering a double-digit increase of its personal property tax fines to crack down on delinquent taxpayers and offset growing costs associated with the accounts. Read story and 3 comments »

Special Tax to Finance New Bridge in Greenlea

Community's Residents to Bear Cost of $400,000 Span

Sunday, June 21, 2009

More than a year after Crooked Bridge was severely damaged by flooding, cutting off the 50 residents of the Greenlea community from the rest of Loudoun County, help is on the way. But it won't come cheaply. Read story and 9 comments »

Tax Revenue Drops 9.3 Percent, Kaine Says

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Virginia budget numbers continue to erode as tax revenue falls in the down economy. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) announced yesterday that state revenue collections have dropped 9.3 percent this year, eclipsing an estimated drop of 7.3 percent. Read story and 1 comment »

County's Route 28 Planning Criticized

Study Examines Views Of Property Owners

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Route 28 corridor suffers from an "image and prestige problem" because of a lack of large-scale office, entertainment, cultural and retail development, according to a Loudoun County report that focuses on the complaints of dozens of landowners and homeowners associations. Read story and 21 comments »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, May 24, 2009

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Greenlea Residents Push Plan For Bridge

Tax District Would Fund Repairs

Sunday, May 10, 2009

When coming and going from their homes over the past year, residents of the Greenlea community have been taking their chances. Read story and 4 comments »

Thousands In N.Va. Face Tax Increases

Rise Comes Despite Officials' Efforts

Friday, May 1, 2009

Thousands of homeowners in Northern Virginia will see a jump in their real estate taxes this year despite the efforts of local officials who have slashed programs, raised fees and laid off workers to keep tax bills affordable during tough economic times. Read story and 1 comment »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, April 26, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Leesburg Adopts Leaner Budget

$94 Million Plan Reduces Spending

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Two years ago, Leesburg officials braced themselves for the coming economic downturn. The town government froze vacant positions, reduced contracted services and established a rainy-day fund that has reached $1.4 million. Read story »

Recession Budget Cuts Services, Raises Tax Rate

But Average Bill Will Drop by $279

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Loudoun County taxpayers will see a 10 1/2-cent increase in their property tax rate this year and reduced services at schools, libraries and other agencies under a budget approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors. Read story and 30 comments »

Property Tax Hike Gets Initial Approval

Rate Would Be Region's Highest

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors informally approved a 1061/27-cent increase in the property tax rate Monday night, a move that would give Loudoun residents the highest rate in the region. Read story and 31 comments »

Va. Doubts Arise On Spending of Tobacco Windfall

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

The tobacco farms had already begun to disappear from the state's landscape when Virginia officials started funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to the depressed southern region to try to boost the economy. Read story »

Va. Still Holds Guns, Tobacco Dear

Senate Keeps Gun Show Loophole Open; Committee Deadlocks on Cigarette Tax

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009

The Virginia Senate showed Tuesday that tobacco and guns are still valued and protected, both culturally and politically, by many of the state's residents. Read story and 2 comments »

Rezoning Fees Rise Sharply

Supervisors Aim To Recoup Costs

Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved steep increases last week in the fees charged to property owners seeking rezoning and other land-use changes, saying the county was not recouping the cost of processing the applications. Read story and 1 comment »

Assessment Shows Significant Drop in Property Values

Friday, Jan. 23, 2009

The value of all taxable property in Loudoun County has dropped by 9.3 percent, according to the county assessor’s office, which began mailing its annual assessment notices to property owners on Friday. When new construction is excluded, the drop in value is 11.9 percent from January 2007 to January 2008. Read story and 6 comments »

In Search of Taxes That Go Astray

Va. Counties Chase Missing Money

Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009

When a routine audit found that a major Fairfax County retailer was inadvertently sending the county's 1 percent share of sales tax revenue to the City of Alexandria, county officials knew they were in no position to let the error slide. Read story and 1 comment »

Proposed School Cuts Draw Mixed Response

1st Public Hearing Will Be This Week

Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009

The extensive spending cuts proposed last week by Loudoun School Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III drew a generally positive reaction from county supervisors. Read story and 25 comments »

Belts Will Be Worn Tighter This Year

The Challenge: Cutting $3 Billion From 2-Year Budget

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

Legislators will return to the state Capitol next week for a 45-day session that will focus on cutting $3 billion from Virginia’s two-year budget, as the state faces one of its worst financial crises of modern times. Read story and 2 comments »

Panel Recommends Redskins Deal

County Would Spend $250,000 on 2-Year Marketing Partnership

Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009

An ad hoc committee has recommended that Loudoun County spend $250,000 in tax revenue over the next two years on a marketing partnership between the county and the Washington Redskins. Read story and 1 comment »

Water Fees Dispute Is Heading to Court

Out-of-Town Users Suing Leesburg

Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009

A lengthy dispute over the water and sewer rates that Leesburg charges to out-of-town customers might be resolved this month. Read story and 2 comments »

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