Business Taxes
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Business License
Most businesses located within Chesterfield County are subject to the Chesterfield County business license tax.
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Business Personal Property
Virginia tax code requires all business owners, including home-based businesses, to file a business tangible personal property return and current asset list by March 1 of each year.
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Specialty Taxes
Read more about specialty taxes levied by Chesterfield County.
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Machinery and Tools
All persons or corporations owning machinery and tools ("M&T") that are used or available for use in certain businesses located in Chesterfield County must file the Return of Machinery and Tools by March 1 of each year, to avoid a 10% late filing penalty.
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Short-term Rental
The Chesterfield County Code requires any certified short-term rental business to collect from the lessee, at the time of rental, a tax on the gross rental receipts (excluding state and local sales taxes).
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Transient Occupancy
There is imposed a lodging tax in the amount of 8% of the total amount paid for room rental for lodging for persons obtaining lodging from any public or private hotel, inn, hostelry, tourist home or house, tourist cabin, camping grounds, motel, rooming house or other lodging place within the county. For persons staying at any of the lodging stated above, as of July 1, 2023, Chesterfield County Code Article XXl Sec. 9 Tourism Improvement District (TID) imposes an additional 2% fee for lodging accommodations with 41 rooms or more.
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Business Tax Rates