Chesterfield raises BPOL tax threshold as counties adopt FY22 budgets
April 19, 2021 1
Chesterfield County increased its BPOL collection threshold from $300,000 to $400,000, exempting more county businesses from the tax in a move that takes effect July 1. (
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Local governments across the region are progressing through their annual budget adoption season, with several spending plans already in the books aimed at supporting business and economic development.
In Chesterfield County, more businesses will be off the hook come July for the Business, Professional and Occupational License tax.
When the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors recently OK’d the county’s fiscal year 2022 budget, supervisors also endorsed an increase in the county’s BPOL tax exemption threshold, raising it from $300,000 to $400,000 in annual revenue effective July 1 the start of the fiscal year.
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