A meals tax?

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Anonymous wrote:This tax would hurt poor people. It will make food more expensive and it will cause business owners to cut back hours for employees. If you want more money taken from your salary then why don't you send a check to the county. Nobody is stopping you.

The money is coming from either real estate or meals. There isn't necessarily additional taxation. No one is stopping you from paying more real estate taxes as well.

You're not paying attention.

This is in ADDITION to the recent increase in the RE tax rate, and of course the increased assessments.

For that matter, it is in ADDITION to the recent increase in sales tax from 5% to 6%.

Taxes keep going up and services keep going down. At least this one gets a vote, enough is enough.

This tax would not be implemented until next year. It has no bearing on this year's taxes. Real estate taxes could go down next year if the BOS wishes. You are not paying attention.

LOL!

Kid, you have a lot to learn.

The rate has gone down before. Even just a few years ago.

Lower rate + higher assessments = taxes go up.

[Anonymous]

Some people's taxes have actually gone down in years. Amazing but true. How many times have you talked to your friends down in southern Virginia about giving back the money they take from NOVA every year? We have to pay for the infrastructure for people commuting from MD and DC to Fairfax. Why not tax them for it?

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Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.

Do you understand economics? Taxes are paid on apartments and rental units, but by the landlord. The landlord passes those costs onto the renter. So the apartment living ELS and PARM people are indirectly paying realestate taxes

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Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.

Do you understand economics? Taxes are paid on apartments and rental units, but by the landlord. The landlord passes those costs onto the renter. So the apartment living ELS and PARM people are indirectly paying realestate taxes

Not necessarily. They pass them on if they can.

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Anonymous wrote:I support the meals tax because fully 1/3 or more of the taxes from it will be paid by out of county residents. Plain and simple. If I have to pay to fund the rest of Virginia because of unfair state taxes, I want others to fund our county if possible.

Cuz it's all about you and how you feel.

This comment could be applied to any number of posts. What's your point?

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Anonymous wrote:We live in Alexandria City. Currently there is a 4.0% restaurant and food store tax on "foods prepared for immediate consumption". This is in addition to the current State of Virginia sales tax of 5.3%, of which Alexandria collects 1%. Additionally there is yet another 0.7 percent state tax imposed in the localities that make up Northern Virginia.

So for Alexandria it's prepared food tax total of 5%. Add for the State is is 4.3 +0.7 sales tax for grand total of 5%. Think about that!

Due to these onerous taxes, we don't eat out anymore and we don't eat prepared foods. Virginia use to be known for low taxes but it's creeping up not so slowly.

You don't have a vote in this.

Not pp, but so? Is pp not allowed to give an opinion? Pp is speaking about his or her experience with a meal tax. Would you ask him or her to shut up if their post was about how great the meal tax has been????

Umm. Just stating a fact. This person does not get to vote for Fairfax. They can persuade the City of Alexandria to reduce the meals tax if they wish.

Based on the number of people in Alexandria that either send their children to private schools or flee the county for Arlington or Fairfax and purchase more expensive houses due to the Alexandria schools, there's a lot of money being paid to homebuyers in other counties or private schools that could be redirected into higher taxes to improve schools so that more people would just remain in that area. They aren't leaving Alexandria because of the meals tax especially when they are moving to Arlington and Vienna. Alexandria has many jobs within the city and is well connected to DC and Arlington.

Just stating a fact? Well, so was the pp.

It's good that people have choices. That's why people choose to send their children to private school, or move to a different county, because they have that choice. City of Alexandria has a meals tax, but somehow, (in your words) people don't want their children in the public schools. Why is that? Isn't the meals tax making the schools better? Isn't that why we should be convinced that the meal tax is what fairfax county needs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.

Do you understand economics? Taxes are paid on apartments and rental units, but by the landlord. The landlord passes those costs onto the renter. So the apartment living ELS and PARM people are indirectly paying realestate taxes

Not necessarily. They pass them on if they can.

Not pp, but what are you talking about? The landlord pays property taxes with rent collected from the tenants who occupy the property. Either way, the property taxes are paid for the occupants of the property.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We live in Alexandria City. Currently there is a 4.0% restaurant and food store tax on "foods prepared for immediate consumption". This is in addition to the current State of Virginia sales tax of 5.3%, of which Alexandria collects 1%. Additionally there is yet another 0.7 percent state tax imposed in the localities that make up Northern Virginia.

So for Alexandria it's prepared food tax total of 5%. Add for the State is is 4.3 +0.7 sales tax for grand total of 5%. Think about that!

Due to these onerous taxes, we don't eat out anymore and we don't eat prepared foods. Virginia use to be known for low taxes but it's creeping up not so slowly.

You don't have a vote in this.

Not pp, but so? Is pp not allowed to give an opinion? Pp is speaking about his or her experience with a meal tax. Would you ask him or her to shut up if their post was about how great the meal tax has been????

Umm. Just stating a fact. This person does not get to vote for Fairfax. They can persuade the City of Alexandria to reduce the meals tax if they wish.

Based on the number of people in Alexandria that either send their children to private schools or flee the county for Arlington or Fairfax and purchase more expensive houses due to the Alexandria schools, there's a lot of money being paid to homebuyers in other counties or private schools that could be redirected into higher taxes to improve schools so that more people would just remain in that area. They aren't leaving Alexandria because of the meals tax especially when they are moving to Arlington and Vienna. Alexandria has many jobs within the city and is well connected to DC and Arlington.

Just stating a fact? Well, so was the pp.

It's good that people have choices. That's why people choose to send their children to private school, or move to a different county, because they have that choice. City of Alexandria has a meals tax, but somehow, (in your words) people don't want their children in the public schools. Why is that? Isn't the meals tax making the schools better? Isn't that why we should be convinced that the meal tax is what fairfax county needs?

People don't want to send their children to school there because they are racists and classists. The schools and teachers are fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.

Do you understand economics? Taxes are paid on apartments and rental units, but by the landlord. The landlord passes those costs onto the renter. So the apartment living ELS and PARM people are indirectly paying realestate taxes

Not necessarily. They pass them on if they can.

Not pp, but what are you talking about? The landlord pays property taxes with rent collected from the tenants who occupy the property. Either way, the property taxes are paid for the occupants of the property.

When more apartments are built, the cost per apartment tends to go down regardless of whether the taxes go up or down. There are many apartments recently built, in the pipeline, or zoned for future development, so it's not certain that landlords will be able to pass this cost to the tenant.

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Also nationally the poverty rate has stayed steady, yet Fairfax has seen a large increase in poverty and FARMS children. This tells me that the tax rate isn't increasing enough to force these people out of the county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Alexandria City. Currently there is a 4.0% restaurant and food store tax on "foods prepared for immediate consumption". This is in addition to the current State of Virginia sales tax of 5.3%, of which Alexandria collects 1%. Additionally there is yet another 0.7 percent state tax imposed in the localities that make up Northern Virginia.

So for Alexandria it's prepared food tax total of 5%. Add for the State is is 4.3 +0.7 sales tax for grand total of 5%. Think about that!

Due to these onerous taxes, we don't eat out anymore and we don't eat prepared foods. Virginia use to be known for low taxes but it's creeping up not so slowly.

You don't have a vote in this.

Not pp, but so? Is pp not allowed to give an opinion? Pp is speaking about his or her experience with a meal tax. Would you ask him or her to shut up if their post was about how great the meal tax has been????

Umm. Just stating a fact. This person does not get to vote for Fairfax. They can persuade the City of Alexandria to reduce the meals tax if they wish.

Based on the number of people in Alexandria that either send their children to private schools or flee the county for Arlington or Fairfax and purchase more expensive houses due to the Alexandria schools, there's a lot of money being paid to homebuyers in other counties or private schools that could be redirected into higher taxes to improve schools so that more people would just remain in that area. They aren't leaving Alexandria because of the meals tax especially when they are moving to Arlington and Vienna. Alexandria has many jobs within the city and is well connected to DC and Arlington.

Just stating a fact? Well, so was the pp.

It's good that people have choices. That's why people choose to send their children to private school, or move to a different county, because they have that choice. City of Alexandria has a meals tax, but somehow, (in your words) people don't want their children in the public schools. Why is that? Isn't the meals tax making the schools better? Isn't that why we should be convinced that the meal tax is what fairfax county needs?

People don't want to send their children to school there because they are racists and classists. The schools and teachers are fine.

But that can't POSSIBLY be true. This isn't a republican area. It's like 90% democrats, isn't it? Democrats aren't racist/classist at all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All for the meals tax. Let the apartment-living ESL and FARM families contribute something toward the cost to educate their kids when they go to McDonalds.

Do you understand economics? Taxes are paid on apartments and rental units, but by the landlord. The landlord passes those costs onto the renter. So the apartment living ELS and PARM people are indirectly paying realestate taxes

Not necessarily. They pass them on if they can.

Not pp, but what are you talking about? The landlord pays property taxes with rent collected from the tenants who occupy the property. Either way, the property taxes are paid for the occupants of the property.

When more apartments are built, the cost per apartment tends to go down regardless of whether the taxes go up or down. There are many apartments recently built, in the pipeline, or zoned for future development, so it's not certain that landlords will be able to pass this cost to the tenant.

So the government says, "eh, we won't make that landlord/property owner pay any property taxes, he can't pass the cost to the tenant"? Come on now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Alexandria City. Currently there is a 4.0% restaurant and food store tax on "foods prepared for immediate consumption". This is in addition to the current State of Virginia sales tax of 5.3%, of which Alexandria collects 1%. Additionally there is yet another 0.7 percent state tax imposed in the localities that make up Northern Virginia.

So for Alexandria it's prepared food tax total of 5%. Add for the State is is 4.3 +0.7 sales tax for grand total of 5%. Think about that!

Due to these onerous taxes, we don't eat out anymore and we don't eat prepared foods. Virginia use to be known for low taxes but it's creeping up not so slowly.

You don't have a vote in this.

Not pp, but so? Is pp not allowed to give an opinion? Pp is speaking about his or her experience with a meal tax. Would you ask him or her to shut up if their post was about how great the meal tax has been????

Umm. Just stating a fact. This person does not get to vote for Fairfax. They can persuade the City of Alexandria to reduce the meals tax if they wish.

Based on the number of people in Alexandria that either send their children to private schools or flee the county for Arlington or Fairfax and purchase more expensive houses due to the Alexandria schools, there's a lot of money being paid to homebuyers in other counties or private schools that could be redirected into higher taxes to improve schools so that more people would just remain in that area. They aren't leaving Alexandria because of the meals tax especially when they are moving to Arlington and Vienna. Alexandria has many jobs within the city and is well connected to DC and Arlington.

Just stating a fact? Well, so was the pp.

It's good that people have choices. That's why people choose to send their children to private school, or move to a different county, because they have that choice. City of Alexandria has a meals tax, but somehow, (in your words) people don't want their children in the public schools. Why is that? Isn't the meals tax making the schools better? Isn't that why we should be convinced that the meal tax is what fairfax county needs?

People don't want to send their children to school there because they are racists and classists. The schools and teachers are fine.

Will you answer the questions, or not?

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6Our assessment went up be less than 1%. It is simply not true that everyone's assessments go up a significant amount each year. If yours went up, congratulations, your area is doing well.

I am totally supportive of a meals tax to diversify Fairfax's possible revenue stream. I wish the state would let us tax alcohol and tobacco but they don't.

All our neighboring areas (I'm not close to Loudoun) have a meals tax and it doesn't stop is from eating at their restaurants.

We need the funds to keep our teachers. Our ES is losing something like 6 teachers to Arlington for next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We live in Alexandria City. Currently there is a 4.0% restaurant and food store tax on "foods prepared for immediate consumption". This is in addition to the current State of Virginia sales tax of 5.3%, of which Alexandria collects 1%. Additionally there is yet another 0.7 percent state tax imposed in the localities that make up Northern Virginia.

So for Alexandria it's prepared food tax total of 5%. Add for the State is is 4.3 +0.7 sales tax for grand total of 5%. Think about that!

Due to these onerous taxes, we don't eat out anymore and we don't eat prepared foods. Virginia use to be known for low taxes but it's creeping up not so slowly.

You don't have a vote in this.

Not pp, but so? Is pp not allowed to give an opinion? Pp is speaking about his or her experience with a meal tax. Would you ask him or her to shut up if their post was about how great the meal tax has been????

Umm. Just stating a fact. This person does not get to vote for Fairfax. They can persuade the City of Alexandria to reduce the meals tax if they wish.

Based on the number of people in Alexandria that either send their children to private schools or flee the county for Arlington or Fairfax and purchase more expensive houses due to the Alexandria schools, there's a lot of money being paid to homebuyers in other counties or private schools that could be redirected into higher taxes to improve schools so that more people would just remain in that area. They aren't leaving Alexandria because of the meals tax especially when they are moving to Arlington and Vienna. Alexandria has many jobs within the city and is well connected to DC and Arlington.

Just stating a fact? Well, so was the pp.

It's good that people have choices. That's why people choose to send their children to private school, or move to a different county, because they have that choice. City of Alexandria has a meals tax, but somehow, (in your words) people don't want their children in the public schools. Why is that? Isn't the meals tax making the schools better? Isn't that why we should be convinced that the meal tax is what fairfax county needs?

People don't want to send their children to school there because they are racists and classists. The schools and teachers are fine.

But that can't POSSIBLY be true. This isn't a republican area. It's like 90% democrats, isn't it? Democrats aren't racist/classist at all!

There are plenty of classists in the democratic party. And the people I'm talking about leave after a few years, so they aren't included in the count for very long.