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BPOL is bad for Stafford County Date published: 9/29/2009
BPOL is bad for Stafford County
This is in response to the Sept. 18 letter titled "BPOL tax is not so bad, Mr. Milde." In case there are still people out there who do not understand simple economics, "bad" is bad! It is Paul Ortiz's opinion that companies should pay their fair share of taxes. That is not the case. The largest companies in Stafford County are exempt from paying the BPOL. Where is the fair share there? This BPOL tax needs to be removed from the county and state legislatures. The businesses just pass these taxes on to the consumer, and then the consumer ends up paying higher prices or goes elsewhere. This causes businesses paying the tax to ultimately lose money, which in turn causes a heavier financial burden on those businesses. People need to remember why we left England hundreds of years ago: taxes. Raise taxes, and businesses and people who pay them start to leave. Is this what we want for Stafford County? Rick Loy Stafford
What's missing is our neighbors, in order to attract business, frequently WAIVE the BPOL tax! Give me a break! It's either a good idea or not. It's not! Shame on the BOS for putting a revenue stream, which has not collected a dime, into the budget!
Mr. Loy,
The reason that Western Europeans decided to rebel against England was because of taxation without and peresentation. In addition, if you were to eliminate BPOL, small business prices and expendatues wouldn't change, no one sells for less when they don't have to. BPOL makes us competitive and when you take simple economics you learn that when you invest into your county/locality the return is usually positive as it attracts more non-tax paying customers that would spend their money in Stafford.
Drive RTt 17 East. As soon as you cross into Stafford County
look around at what a blight it is. Weeds growing everywhere,
concrete Jersey barriers. Counties west have greenways &
well kept roadways. Stafford is supposed to be a wealthy
county. What happened?
Stafford County is the only county in the area currently without a BPOL. Implementing the BPOL (which the BOS is already forecasting spending against) puts county businesses on par with adjacent counties, not behind. Of course the cost will be passed to consumers – some of which are not county residents. While spending must scrutinized and growth controlled, the BPOL presents a viable revenue stream (as evidenced by historical data in adjacent counties). What am I missing?
For 14 straight years, before the current economic downturn, BPOL revenue grew in Spotsy, Fred and PrWm. That means business grew and prospered. Over $264M in revenue was collected. Stafford has already included BPOL revenue this years expenditures.
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