Earlier this year, as part of its ongoing effort to promote economic growth and make Alexandria a business-friendly community, the Alexandria City Council requested the City Manager to create a new Study Group on Business Tax Reform to investigate proposals that might be useful in promoting economic growth.

City Manager Rashad Young has now appointed this Task Force, and its members are:

• Bruce Johnson, Chair
• Jill Erber
• Gregory H. Leisch
• Laurie MacNamara
• H. Skip Maginniss
• James L. McNeil

If you have questions about the work of the Task Force, please contact Bernard Caton at 703.746.3963.

The Business Tax Reform Tax Force has released its final report.

• Business Tax Reform Task Force Final Report  

The Task Force is seeking ideas from the public on ways the City might promote business growth. While these ideas do not need to be revenue neutral, there should be a realistic prospect that growing commercial activity will generate more revenue over time than the cost to implement these ideas or the revenue lost as a result of any changes in taxes or fees.  The public is urged to learn more and provide public comment.

• Business Tax Reform Task Force Solicitation of Public Comment (Revised Request for Comments) -- October 28, 2013

Upcoming Meeting Dates

December 19  
6 – 8 p.m. 
Chet and Sabra Avery Conference Room 2000  

January 7, 2014 
6 - 8 p.m.
Sister Cities Room 1101  

January 22, 2014 
6 - 8 p.m.
Sister Cities Room 1101 

January 28, 2014 
6 - 8 p.m.
Sister Cities Rooms 1102 a&b 

Meeting Materials

Agenda:  

• October 24, 2013 

 Agenda: 

• October 21, 2013 

Background Materials: 

• JLARC & BOPL 
• JLARC & BOPL Report 
• JLARC & BOPL Fact Sheet 

Agenda: 

• October 1, 2013   

Background materials: 

•  Solicitation of Public Comment  

Proposed Objectives: 

• REVISED Business Tax Reform Task Force Proposed Objectives  

Agenda: 

• September 10, 2013 

Background materials:   

• Memo: Business Tax Reform – June 25, 2013   
• Memo: Consideration of an ordinance to reform the Business License Tax Relief for small and medium sized businesses – June 14, 2005   
• Memo: Receipt of report from the Alexandria Small Business Task Force – June 21, 2007   
• Document: Recommendations of the Mayor's Economic Sustainability Work Group – October 27,    2007   
• Memo : Report of the Ad Hoc Commercial Real Estate Tax Option Study Committee – March 6, 2008   
• Memo: Budget Memo #62: Suggestions for helping small businesses – April 2, 2009   

Incentives that have been offered by the City to attract new business 

• Matrix of Incentives - RCLCO 
• NSF Presentation 
• NSF Overview 

BPOL Tax Rates and Revenues in other Virginia Localities and Alexandria 

• BPOL Rates in Major Northern Virginia Municipalities 
• BPOL Revenues compared to other jurisdictions 

Proposed Objectives 

• Business Tax Reform Task Force, Proposed OS&M and Schedule