Virginia's Constitutional Officers - Directly Accountable To You!

Commissioners of Revenue are the chief tax assessing officers in Virginia's cities and counties. They administer the assessments for businesses and individuals in the following areas: - Real estate taxes (in some cities and large suburban counties, assessors handle this function)   - Personal property taxes - Business license fees - Consumer utility taxes - Machinery and tool taxes - Merchants capital taxes - Special taxes on meals, lodging and cigarettes Commissioners also spend considerable time working on state income taxes, helping taxpayers fill out their returns and performing initial processing of returns prior to their delivery to the State Department of Taxation. <--Back / Next -->