Gross Savings Wrote:
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> The meals tax means 4% on everyone who eats out in
> Fairfax, which will allow the county to lower my
> property tax, plus this covers the FCPS deficit.
> So I pay less and my kids benefit more. Sounds
> like one heck of a winning plan to me.
>
>
> "For the purpose of reducing dependence on real
> estate taxes, shall the Board of Supervisors of
> Fairfax County, Virginia, be authorized to levy a
> tax on prepared food and beverages, otherwise
> known as a meals tax, as allowed by Virginia Code
> § 58.1-3833, at a rate not to exceed four percent
> (4%) of the amount charged for prepared food and
> beverages (which, based upon state law, is
> applicable only to sales outside of the town of
> Clifton, and towns of Herndon and Vienna that have
> already implemented a meals tax)? The revenues
> generated shall be dedicated to the following
> purposes:
> 1: 70 percent of the net revenues to Fairfax
> County Public Schools.
> 2: 30 percent of the net revenues to County
> services, capital improvements and property tax
> relief."