Thursday, March 1, 2012
New county assessment notices arrive
Some McLean homeowners will notice that their property values have declined when they open their new assessment notices this week. The Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration started mailing the 352,364 real estate assessment notices to county taxpayers Tuesday. Overall values in the McLean zip code area declined .11 percent. Values in neighboring Great Falls declined 1.82 percent, the biggest decline in the county. McLean and Great Falls were among five zip code areas in Fairfax with declining values. (See map accompanying this story.) Almost 41% of residential properties increased value while another 34% had no change for 2012, the county said in a statement. That means about 25 percent declined. Overall residential …
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Proposed Budget: No Frills, Taxpayers Pay More
Fairfax County taxpayers can begin commenting on an essentially no-frills $6.7 billion proposed county budget which includes higher bills for homeowners that the Fairfax County Executive presented to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Today, taxpayers can chat online with the county executive about his proposed budget at 2pm. Submit questions now. The budget proposed by County Executive Anthony Griffin restores no cuts in services made in the past several years. It includes a two percent pay raise for county employes beginning July 1, an increase in police overtime, and half the amount requested by county schools. How does the proposed budget affect your wallet: The proposed budget does not contain a meals tax, which is a tax on meals eaten…
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tony Griffin attends McLean church
Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin, whose name is hardly a household word but who runs one of the largest counties in the U.S., yesterday announced his plans to retire. Griffin, who attends church in McLean, has served as the county’s administrative leader since 2000, the second-longest tenure since the position was created in 1952, according to the county statement announcing the retirement. "He's an outstanding county executive," said Dranesville Supervisor John Foust. "It will be very difficult to replace him." Griffin's departure, slated for April 2012, means that next year Fairfax will replace its two top administrators: Griffin and school superintendent Jack Dale, who announced in September his intention to retire at the end…
K. Brothers
8:17 pm on Thursday, March 1, 2012
The taxes on your 50+ house is increasing because Fairfax County needs to fund the budget. If the houses in your area don't match yours (comparable), then despute the assessment by going to the BOE of the Fx Co. Tax Administration. You have to prove the houses around you are improved and yours is not. If you have a lot of land then your property is more valuable because it's buildable and then Fx… more ›