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Virginia C apitol Connections, Summer 2017 29
UVA Today
features publication
of local tax rates
UVA Today is featuring the publication “Virginia Local Tax
Rates: 2016,” 35th Annual Edition, by UVA's Cooper Center for
Public Service, which is in print and is available through Lexis-
Nexis.
The 375-page book features tax information for all 38 Virginia
cities, all 95 counties and for 137 of the state’s 192 incorporated
towns. The soft-cover book was compiled by Stephen C. Kulp, re-
search specialist with the Center for Economic and Policy Studies.
Many Virginia localities impose different types of taxes for lo-
cal services and all have differing tax rates. For example, 29 cities
and two counties impose tobacco taxes and net a total of more than
$70 million from such taxes, which amounts to less than 0.5 per-
cent of all local revenue. Tax rates on cigarettes range from a high
of $1.15 per pack in Alexandria to 55 cents in Charlottesville to 10
cents a pack in Petersburg.
The Virginia Local Tax Rates book references all the tax cat-
egories permitted in the Code of Virginia. Readers can find data on
taxes for real property, merchants' capital, tangible personal prop-
erty, utilities, mo-
tor vehicle li-
censes, business
licenses, tobacco,
meals, lodging and
more.
The only com-
prehensive view
of local taxation
in Virginia is pre-
pared annually by
the Weldon Coo-
per Center for
Public Service. It
is an indispens-
able resource for
anyone involved
with local govern-
ments in Virginia,
either as a tax-
payer, elected offi-
cial, administrator,
business leader, or
researcher.
The printed
book and eBook can be pre-ordered online at the LexisNexis Store:
The Cooper Center is a research and training organization
focused on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Center provides
objective information, data, applied research, technical assistance,
and practical training to state and local officials, community lead-
ers, and members of the general public.
The Cooper Center's 60-member staff includes experts in pub-
lic management, demography, economics and public finance, po-
litical science, leadership and organizational development, work-
force issues and survey research.
Contact: Stephen C. Kulp, research specialist with the
Cooper’s for Economic and Policy Studies, (434) 982-5638
Sarah Alderson is an award-winning freelance writer who also
works in the Senate broadcast control room during sessions and
the Capitol Studio throughout the year. She can be reached at
and her new blog launches in
March at .
This a shortened version of an article that originally appeared in
the Winter 2013 issue of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly
Magazine.
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