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Treasury warns two-installment personal-property tax would raise costs, staffing and complexity
Summary
Treasury and revenue staff told council a mandatory split in the personal-property tax bill would require significant IT changes, extra postage and likely 1–2 additional permanent staff, and could increase collection complexity; staff recommended offering voluntary autopay options instead.
Fairfax City staff told council on April 1 that moving the personal-property tax to a mandatory two-installment schedule would add operational cost and risk while delivering only a modest immediate cash-flow benefit.
The treasury office described contacting the city’s tax-software vendor to assess feasibility and emphasized programming and processing concerns. "We send out about 20,000 personal property tax bills every…
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