Tag: tax
Tourism spending increases in Alexandria year-over-year
Tourism spending increased by just under 5 percent year-over-year to $826 million, Visit Alexandria announced at its annual meeting on Monday night.
The figure represents...
My View: Alexandria gets housing affordability wrong
By Vanessa Calder
Alexandria’s city council successfully increased the meals tax on restaurants in its jurisdiction on May 10. The council’s plan is to dedicate...
Letter to the Editor: Needed: councilors who can make, not just...
To the editor:
What our current city council did by making the meals tax the highest in the region was make Alexandria marginally more costly...
Letter to the Editor: Restaurant tax ignores basic economics
To the editor:
The City of Alexandria’s web site promotes our location as “one of the best places” to do business on the East Coast....
Council mulls restaurant meal tax increase, voluntary contribution to fund affordable...
By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected]
City council discussed options to establish a dedicated funding stream toward affordable housing at a legislative meeting on Tuesday night.
The...
Tax assessment gap widens
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
At Tuesday evening’s legislative session, city council received and passed a staff report on 2018 real property assessments, approved a...
Our View: A tale of two tax bases
Gaps in the political realm are generally not good. A gender gap that’s too wide can spell doom for a political career. An education...
My View: The approach I would bring to city council
By Robert Ray
At its Jan. 20 public hearing, decisions made by our city council demonstrate the need for attributes and values that I would...
Celebrate the tax holiday by shopping locally
Friday through Sunday marks Virginias annual Sales Tax Holiday for clothing and school supplies. If youre in town and organized, take advantage.
