DUMFRIES -- Officials in Dumfries are looking to lower some of the town’s taxes while raising the tax on cigarettes.
Town Manager Robert Ritter says the town will hold a public hearing on June 5 at the town hall where the Town Council will hear from residents about a plan to lower the business and professional license tax (BPOL) and its hotel tax.
The BPOL tax is a tax on gross receipts collected at town businesses, and officials want to increase the threshold for the collection of the tax. Right now, BPOL is collected when someone purchases $35 or more, but under the new rules, the town would begin collecting the tax when purchases rise to $50 $55 or more.
Ritter says town officials will also decide if they want to lower the hotel tax, also known as the transient occupancy tax collected when travelers stay at hotels in the town, to include a Super 8 and Sleep Inn. If lowered, that tax would decrease by nearly half, from 13.7 percent to 7 percent.
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