Tax Rates
License Fee​ ​
​Vehicles - Including Auto, Truck and Motorhomes ​$24.00
​Motorcycles ​$12.00
 
2012 Tax Year Rates per $100 of Valuation
​Personal Property ​
​General Class:  vehicles, certain trailers, motorcycles $ 3.70
​General Class:  business equipment, furniture, fixtures  ​$ 3.70
​Heavy Equipment and Machinery ​$ 3.70
​Mining & Manufacturing Tools $ 2.00
​Mobile Homes ​$ 1.204
​Programmable Computer Equipment and Peripherals used in a Trade/Business ​$ 1.25
​Research & Development ​$ 1.00
​ ​Due to the low tax rate (.00001) per $100 of assessed value for property tax classifications listed below, no tax bills are generated if the assessed value is $50,000,000 or less.
​Aircraft ​$ 0.00
​Volunteer Fire & Rescue Members' Vehicle ​$ 0.00
​Auxiliary Volunteer Fire & Rescue Members' Vehicle ​$ 0.00
​Farmers Machinery and Tools ​$ 0.00
​Personal Property owned by Certain Elderly and Handicapped Persons ​$ 0.00
​Privately owned Recreational Campers/Motor Homes/Recreational Travel Trailers/Horse Trailers ​$ 0.00
​Van Pool Vans ​$ 0.00
​Vehicles Modified for Disabled ​$ 0.00
​Watercraft ​$ 0.00
 
   
​Real Estate ​
​Base Rate ​$ 1.209
​Fire and Rescue Levies (Countywide, except for the Town of Quantico) ​$ 0.0744
​Gypsy Moth Levy (Countywide) ​$ 0.0025
  
 
​Overlapping Governments  ​
​Town of Dumfries (real estate) ​Call 703-221-3400
​Town of Haymarket (real estate and business personal property) ​Call 703-754-4816
​Town of Occoquan (real estate) ​Call 703-491-1918
​Town of Quantico (real estate) ​Call 703-640-7411
 
​Service District Levies
​Bull Run Mountain ​ $ 0.201
​Lake Jackson ​ $ 0.175

 
​Transportation District Levies
​Prince William Parkway ​ $ 0.20
​234-Bypass ​ $ 0.02
 
 
​Solid Waste Management Annual Fee  ​
​Single Family ​$ 70.00
​Townhouse ​$ 63.00
​Mobile Home ​$ 56.00
​Multi Family (Apartment or Condo) ​$ 47.00
​Business/Non-Residential (per SFE where a SFE = 1.3 tons) ​$ 70.00
 
 
​Storm Water Management Annual Fee
​Single Family ​ $ 36.10
​Townhouse ​ $ 27.10
​Mobile Home ​ $ 27.10
​Multi Family (Apartment or Condo) ​ $ 27.10
​Business/Non-Residential (per 1000 sf of impervious area) ​ $ 12.80
 
 
​ ​Business License - per $100 gross receipts
​Professional Occupation ​$ 0.33
​Retail Merchants ​$ 0.17
​Wholesale Merchants ​$ 0.05
​Builders and Developer ​ $ 0.13
​Contractors   ​$ 0.13
​Financial Services ​$ 0.33
​Real Estate Services ​$ 0.33
​Hotels and Motels ​$ 0.26
​Repair Services ​$ 0.21
​Business Services ​$ 0.21
​Personal Services ​$ 0.21
​Other Services ​$ 0.21
​ Peddlers (Flat Fee) ​$500
​​Mixed Drink License (Flat Fee) $200-$500
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Utility Taxes

Natural Gas - Consumer Utility tax 

Residential Users - Minimum Billing Charge $1.60 + $0.06 per CCF not to exceed $3.00 per month.
Commercial Users - Minimum Billing Charge $3.35 + $0.085 per CCF not to exceed $100.00 per month. 
Natural Gas - Local Consumption tax

All Users - $.004 per CCF with a consumption ceiling of 500 CCF per state code.

Electricity - Consumer Utility Tax
Residential Users - Minimum Billing Charge $1.40 + $0.01509 per kWh not to exceed $3.00 per month.
Commercial Users - Minimum Billing Charge $2.29 + $0.013487 per kWh not to exceed $100.00 per month.
Electricity - Local Consumption tax
 All Users -
$0.00038 per kWh from 0 to 2,500 kWh, per state code
$0.00024 per kWh from 2,501 to 50,000 kWh, per state code
$0.00018 per kWh in excess of 50,000 kWh, per state code
Telephones  (Land Lines/Cellular/E-911)
 
The Virginia communications taxes replaced the following taxes and fees on landline/cellular telephone bills issued on or after Jan. 1, 2007:
  • Local consumer utility tax
  • Local E-911 tax
  • Local BPOL tax currently billed to customers in some localities
  • Virginia Relay Center fee
The Virginia communications sales and use tax rate is 5% of the amount billed for taxable services. The State E-911 Tax is $0.75 per line.
 
Cable TV
 
Beginning Jan. 1, 2007, cable television bills reflected the following new charges:
  • Virginia communications sales and use tax
  • Cable television public rights-of-way use fee
The Virginia communications sales and use tax rate is 5% of the amount billed for taxable services. The cable television public rights-of-way use fee is currently $0.64 per subscriber.
 
Miscellaneous Taxes 
  • Daily Rental Tax - 1% of short term rentals
  • Transient Occupancy Tax - 5% rental of motel/hotel rooms