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Tysons Corner Tax District

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Fairfax Board Approves Tysons Tax District

Businesses and residents will pay 7 to 9 cents more per $100 of assessed value, generating $253 million over the next 40 years.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to increase property taxes on Tysons residents and developers as a means of partially funding billions of dollars in transportation infrastructure that will help turn the area into the county’s walkable, mixed-use downtown center. The decision, which passed by an 8-2 vote, came about a month after a two-hour public hearing in which many angry Tysons residents objected the tax hike. With an expected increase of between 7 and 9 cents per $100 of assessed value, the district is expected to generate $253 million over the next 40 years. The exact rate will be set during the adoption of the county’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget in April. After a rate is set, tax collection in the new district …

Monday, January 7, 2013

Fairfax Board to Vote on Tysons Tax Hike Tuesday

Tax district would fund $253 million in transportation improvements.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday whether to raise taxes on Tysons Corner residents and developers as a way to fund extensive transportation improvements in the area. Supervisors have endorsed plans for a special service tax district that would require landowners and developers to help pay for billions of dollars of transportation projects meant to help Tysons thrive as the county’s new urban downtown area. With a hike of 7 to 9 cents per $100 of assessed value, the proposed service district is expected to generate approximately $250 million over the next 40 years. But the Board chose to defer a vote on the matter last month after a public hearing in which many angry residents objected to paying more taxes. Tysons …

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