The Supreme Court of Virginia issued an opinion in Norton v. Bd. of Supervisors, Record No. 201028 (May 27, 2021), concerning changes to taxes and zoning made by Fairfax County. The majority of the opinion concerned the zoning changes. As for the tax…
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The 2021 session of the Virginia General Assembly enacted many changes to the tax laws of Virginia. A summary of the legislation can be found here. Most of the legislation is effective on July 1, 2021. Here are some of the more important pieces of ta…
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On its website, the Virginia Department of Taxation has released several rulings and appeal decisions. For the final part of 2020, there were several numerical gaps. Those gaps led me to wait for this update to see if those rulings would be released…
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In January, I wrote about the various pieces of tax legislation that were introduced in the 2021 session of the Virginia General Assembly. Now that the session has adjourned, all of the bills have passed or failed. The approved bills have been sent t…
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In my last blog, I highlighted the fact that the City of Richmond has a tax revenue shortfall. Now thanks to an advisory opinion request, a Virginia local government has shown how far it is willing to go for tax revenue. A Virginia local government (…
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Virginia local governments have budgetary issues due to the current pandemic. Shortfalls in local tax revenue are at the heart of these budget issues.
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While much of the focus on the 2021 session of the Virginia General Assembly is on a variety of non-tax, social issues, a number of bills affecting Virginia tax policy have been introduced. This is a non-exhaustive list of those bills.
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In Virginia, the current pandemic has increased the importance of administrative tax appeals. Why? There are two overriding reasons. First, it is logical that state and local governments will be more aggressive when it comes to tax audits. Local gove…
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On its website, the Virginia Department of Taxation has released several rulings and appeal decisions. Due to this crazy year and some personnel changes at the Virginia Department of Taxation, the rulings and appeal decisions have been released in ba…
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What has been happening between International Paper Company and Isle of Wight County? The dispute is not over but the Supreme Court of Virginia has weighed in.
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