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Small retailers tell Norfolk council events-tax rules misclassify low-attendance gatherings
Summary
A Ghent small-business owner urged the city to clarify an ordinance she said allows the Commissioner of Revenue to categorize small private events as taxable "places of amusement," warning that the tax and registration expectations are driving instructors and artists away from local pop-up events.
Lindsay Sims, owner of Maison Soleil, a small gift shop in Ghent, told Norfolk City Council during public comment on May 20 that a municipal change to an events/emissions tax is being applied to small private gatherings and low-attendance classes in ways that threaten small retailers.
Sims said an ordinance definition she cited (article 9, section 24-288 in her…
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