Currently, only businesses with gross receipts over $500,000 pay a BPOL tax, a tax enacted to fund the second war between the U.S. and the British in 1812. The threshold has been in place since 2022 after the Prince William Chamber of Commerce pushed county supervisors in 2015 to increase the taxation threshold from $250,000.
Today, the county levies a BPOL tax on a business’s gross receipts and uses the funds to help fund the local government. However, its implementation can vary widely among jurisdictions, leading to disparities in business tax burdens.
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Three Stafford County Board of Supervisors members quashed renewed discussions for resurrecting a tax on businesses' gross receipts (BPOL).
Supervisor Crystal Vanuch motioned to end conversations about resurrecting the tax during the Board of Supervisors Finance, Audit, and Budget Committee meeting on Tuesday, July 27. Supervisors Meg Bohmke and Tinesha Allen also voted to table discussions.
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A Stafford County leader floated the idea of re-enacting the BPOL tax on businesses.
The business and professional license tax, a tax on annual gross receipts, ended in 2010. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors killed the tax only a year after adopting it after multiple business owners said it stifled business growth.
