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Commissioner of the Revenue asks for staff to address data center growth and business tax compliance
Summary
Commissioner Wirtz told supervisors the county’s growing data‑center portfolio and retail colocation tenants are increasing workload for assessment and business tax compliance; he requested multiple positions including a commercial real estate supervising appraiser, business tax assessor, IT analyst and tax exemptions specialists.
Commissioner of the Revenue Doug Wirtz presented staffing requests and workload context to the Board of Supervisors during Loudoun’s March 10 budget work session, citing rapid growth in the county’s data‑center inventory and rising volumes in veteran tax exemptions.
Wirtz said real estate, business personal property and business license taxes—Loudoun’s “top three” locally administered revenue sources—are projected to generate about $2.5 billion in the FY2026 proposed budget. He described the expanding complexity of assessing large data centers and the equipment within them, saying a single retail colocation data center…
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