Tax Rates 2008 logo
By John L. Knapp, Ph.D.
Stephen C. Kulp
and
William M. Shobe, Ph.D.


Published in cooperation
with the Virginia Municipal League
and the Virginia Association of Counties

Tax Rates
has become the book
MOST requested
by Virginia local
government officials



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Tax Rates is comprehensive

This volume contains detailed information on tax rates in all of Virginia's 95 counties and 39 cities. In addition, there is information for all of Virginia's 36 large towns and for 113 of the remaining 154 smaller towns.

The study is based on an annual survey conducted by the Center for Economic and Policy Studies (CEPS) of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.


Tax Rates provides more than just tax rates
A separate chapter on each tax includes:
  • share of local taxes provided by each tax
  • provisions in the Code of Virginia applicable to the tax
  • in-depth explanations of how the taxes are calculated and applied
  • measures of central tendency (mean, median, quartile, etc.)

  • Also included in this volume are:
  • a summary of major 2008 General Assembly legislation affecting local taxes
  • names, phone numbers, and email addresses of local tax officials
  • table showing sources of tax revenue for each locality surveyed by the Auditor of Public Accounts
  • summary of tax incentives in local enterprise zones
  • table showing the assessed value of real estate by category and by locality