The Virginia Local Tax Rates book is now compiled by the Weldon Cooper Center, Virginia Institute of Government. If you have questions about the local tax rates book, please contact Mike Scheid, ms6df@virginia.edu.

The tax rates book features tax information for all 38 Virginia cities, all 95 counties, and for 134 of the state’s 192 incorporated towns and references all the tax categories permitted in the Code of Virginia. Readers can find data on taxes for real property, merchants’ capital, tangible personal property, utilities, motor vehicle licenses, business licenses, tobacco, meals, lodging, and more.

The only comprehensive view of local taxation in Virginia is prepared annually by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. It is an indispensable resource for anyone involved with local governments in Virginia, either as a taxpayer, elected official, administrator, business leader, or researcher.

The 2019 edition can be ordered online at the UVA Bookstore.

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For more up-to-date local tax rate data, visit the Virginia Department of Taxation website.