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[quote=Anonymous]I looked up the number of households paying property taxes in Fairfax County. For FY 2013 it is 390,900 households. Take a look at this link:

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb/fy2013/adopted/overview/18_trends_demographics.pdf

For the "typical" household the real estate tax is $4,823,48. The total tax (including sales tax, personal property tax) is $5,638.76.

The total tax of $5,638.76 is $920.09 less than it was in FY 2007.

The budget shortfall being agonized over for FCPS is $140 million. Divided over the 390,900 households paying county taxes, this would come to $358.15 per household.

If households were to be taxed an extra amount of $358.15, it would still be less than half of the reduction that had happened since FY 2007, and people would still be better off in terms of Fairfax County taxes than they were in FY 2007.

Since the amounts are averages reflecting a "typical" household, some (with greater assets and spending) would pay more, and some (with fewer assets and lower spending) would pay less.

I for one would be happy to pay $358.15 to do my share in eliminating $140 million budget shortfall for Fairfax County Public Schools.[/quote]

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