The Stafford County Board of Supervisors passed a controversial new tax that will be placed on business owners next year.
Supervisors approved BPOL, the Business and Professional Licensing tax, after 3 a.m. Wednesday morning by a 4 – 3 vote. Paul Milde, R- Aquia, Mark Dudenhefer, R – Garrisonville and Cord Sterling, R –Rock Hill voted against the measure.
The board voted to cap the total amount of money the county can collect from business owners to a maximum of $150,000 per year.
Businesses gross receipts up to $200,000 would be exempt from the new tax.
The county expects to generate $2.6 million in new transportation funds when the tax is collected, beginning Jan. 1, 2010.
BPOL replaces Stafford’s Merchants Capital Tax collected in previous years.
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