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Tax rates are set annually by the Board of Supervisors as part of the budget process. For most tangible personal property, the tax rate is $4.57 per $100 of assessed value.For properties in this special subclass, the tax rate is $0.01 per $100 of assessed value.
On April 30, 1990, the Board of Supervisors established a subclass for personal property taxation purposes. This subclass includes vehicles specifically equipped for the handicapped, privately-owned vans used for van pools, and vehicles belonging to volunteer fire and rescue squad members. The same rate also applies to antique automobiles.
Beginning in FY 1996, the special subclass includes vehicles owned by auxiliary police officers, aircraft and flight simulators, and property owned by homeowners' associations.
In FY 2000, boats were added to the special subclass.
As part of the FY 2007 budget process, the Board of Supervisors included reserve deputy sheriffs in the special subclass.
The following definitions for the property types included in this special subclass apply:
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privately-owned vans used for van
pools - vans with a seating
capacity of seven to fifteen persons used exclusively pursuant to a
ridesharing agreement as defined in Virginia Code section 46.2-1400
and which have been certified as such by the Director of the
Department of Tax Administration.
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vehicles belonging to volunteer fire
and rescue squad members - one
motor vehicle owned or leased by each member of a volunteer rescue
squad or volunteer fire department which is regularly used by such
members to respond to emergency calls and certified as such by the
Chief or Head of the Volunteer Organization and the Department of Tax
Administration.
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vehicles specifically equipped for
the handicapped- any vehicle which has been modified specifically
for the purpose of transporting physically handicapped individuals
and the vehicle is certified as such by the Director of the
Department of Tax Administration.
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automobiles and pick-up trucks owned
by certain qualifying elderly and
disabled individuals - applies
to one automobile or pick-up truck owned and used by certain elderly
and disable persons who qualify on the basis of income and net worth.
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vehicles owned by auxiliary police
officers - one motor vehicle owned
or leased by an Auxiliary Police Officer to respond to auxiliary
police duties, subject to certification as required by the provisions
of the authorizing statute.
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vehicles owned by auxiliary deputy
sheriffs- one motor vehicle owned or leased by an Auxiliary
Deputy Sheriff to respond to auxiliary deputy sheriff duties, subject
to certification as required by the provisions of the authorizing
statute.
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aircraft and flight
simulators
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antique motor
vehicles - every motor vehicle
which was actually manufactured or designated by the manufacturer as
a model manufactured in a calendar year not less than twenty-five
years and is owned solely as a collector's item.
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boats - boats and watercraft and privately owned pleasure
boats and watercraft used for recreational purposes only.
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certain property owned by
homeowners' associations -
furniture, office, and maintenance equipment, exclusive of motor
vehicles, which are owned and used by an organization whose real
property is assessed in accordance with Virginia Code section
58.1-3284.1 and which is used by that organization for the purpose of
maintaining or using the open or common space within a residential
development.
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