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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock Neva Staff Writer
The largest source of income for the county budget comes from property taxes.
Of these taxes most comes from real estate, about $2.6 million. Another $638,000 comes from personal property taxes. Smaller amounts come from public service corporation taxes, taxes on mobile homes, and interest and penalties on overdue taxes.
Of other local taxes, the largest amount, $235,000, is from consumer utility taxes, the $3 charge that appears each month on telephone and electric bills. Another $190,000 is from the local 1 percent sales tax; $140,000 is from the sale of decals for motor vehicles, and smaller amounts come in from such things as the bank francise tax and taxes on recording wills and deeds.
Permits, licenses and fines includes building permits, sanitary permits and dog licenses. It also includes some fines collected by the courts for traffic violations.
The amount raised by interest depends mostly on interest rates on county funds invested in certificates of deposit. With interest rates dropping, the amount of interest the county earns is dropping also. This revenue category also includes rent from Ki Theatre and Trapezoid for the former Town Hall building.
Recovered costs includes reimbursement from other counties and the state for keeping prisoners. It also includes money from the Water and Sewer Authority for the Sperryville sewage treatment plant.
The second largest portion of county revenues comes from the state. The portion earmarked for the schools includes basic state aid, the 1 percent of the sales tax that is returned to the county based on school-aged population, and categorical aid for certain programs in the schools.
Of the portion for other county expenses, a large percentage is for paying the salaries of the constitutional officers and their deputies. The state sets the salaries for these employees and pays a portion of the salaries, depending on the office. The state doesn’t pick up the cost of fringe benefits or the cost of provid
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