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The business and occupation tax (often abbreviated as B&O tax or B/O tax) is a type of tax levied by the U.S. states of Washington, West Virginia, and, as of 2010, Ohio, [1] and by municipal governments in West Virginia and Kentucky. [2] It is a type of gross receipts tax because it is levied on gross income, rather than net income.
The tax rate was raised from 6% on April 1, 2008, to offset the loss of revenue from the statewide property tax reform, which is expected to significantly lower property taxes. Previous to this it was 5 percent from 1983 to 2002. It was 6 percent from 2002 to 2008. The rate currently stands at 7 percent.
Independent tax-service acquisitions continued throughout the year, with more than 3,300 offices, owned by 600 franchisees. By year's end, the company was handling over 2.2 million tax returns a year. At its peak, Jackson Hewitt was the second-largest tax preparation firm in the U.S., a position it still holds.
In 2011, Altoona, Pennsylvania fully shifted its property tax so that it fell only on land [17] but reverted to a tax on land and improvements in 2016. The mayor cited two major reasons for the repeal: the limited impact of the change due to county and school district property taxes, and the unfamiliarity businesses and residents had with the ...
The state of Washington levies its own, statewide B&O tax, separate from municipal taxes like Poulsbo's. If a business operates in a Washington city with a municipal B&O tax, it must file taxes to ...
The tax rate on food is 1.5%. There is an additional 1% local tax, for a total of a 5% combined sales tax on most Virginia purchases and a combined tax rate of 2.5% on food. [40] Virginia's property tax is set and collected at the local government level and varies throughout the commonwealth.
Virginia Energy Sense is the Commonwealth of Virginia's statewide consumer education and outreach program under the guidance of the SCC to encourage electric energy efficiency and conservation in Virginia households, businesses, and institutions. Virginia Energy Sense is the statewide program that encourages energy efficiency and conservation.
Virginia Beach (colloquially VB) is the most populous city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia.The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. [2] Located on the southeastern coast of Virginia, it is the sixth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic and the 42nd-most populous city in the U.S.