Restaurant workers demonstrated outside the Fairfax County, Virginia, government center Tuesday in opposition to a meals tax being considered by the Board of Supervisors to increase county revenue.
Fairfax County, Virginia’s Democrats and Republicans do not agree on much, but they are joining hands across the political chasm to oppose the meals tax.
Fairfax County Board Chair Jeff McKay and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors are considering implementing a food tax.
Small businesses, restaurant industry workers, and restaurant-goers are reeling at the possibility of a meals tax, which will be presented before the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee at its Sept. 17 meeting.
Fairfax voters have already rejected a proposed meal tax twice, most recently in 2016. Area restaurants, their teams, and the community at-large now rallies together again to fight the tax being considered by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
On behalf of our member businesses in the Mount Vernon, Franconia and Springfield areas of Fairfax County, we are writing to express our concerns over the May 21st Board of Supervisors’ affirmative vote to consider a meals tax of up to 6 percent on all prepared food and drinks sold in Fairfax County.
