里士满选民通过学校销售税，市长公布配套减税：销售税升至7%、餐饮税降至6.5%

弗吉尼亚州里士满市消息，里士满选民11月3日以近68%的支持率批准将市销售税提高一个百分点用于公立学校建设后，市长丹尼·阿武拉11月5日宣布配套减税计划。市长表示，将与市议会领导层合作提出立法，把销售税从6%提高到7%，同时把餐饮税从7.5%降至6.5%，并在明年预算中把房地产税率从每100美元评估值1.20美元降至1.19美元，以减轻居民负担。这项加税不会自动生效，市议会仍须投票通过；按州法，投票通过后至少等待120天才能开始征收，市政府目前尚无确切时间表。在同一场选举夜，全州多数设有学校销售税公投的地方政府否决了加税，里士满、夏洛茨维尔、温彻斯特和费尔法克斯市等少数地方通过。市议会另有三名议员提出的更大力度减税方案已推迟至2027年3月审议。

该税种预计每年为学校筹集约5000万美元；弗吉尼亚州今年共有47个地方把同类学校销售税公投付诸表决，其中32个地方投了反对票，里士满以大幅优势通过。

（来源：《里士满人报》）

Richmond Voters Approve School Sales Tax; Mayor Unveils Offsetting Cuts: Sales Tax to 7%, Meals Tax to 6.5%

Richmond voters approved on November 3, by nearly 68%, a one-percentage-point sales tax increase dedicated to public school construction, and Mayor Danny Avula announced an accompanying tax-relief plan on November 5. The mayor said he will work with City Council leadership to introduce legislation raising the sales tax from 6% to 7% while lowering the meals tax from 7.5% to 6.5%, and will propose in next year's budget cutting the real estate tax rate from $1.20 to $1.19 per $100 of assessed value to ease the burden on residents. The increase does not take effect automatically; the Council must still vote to enact it, and under state law the city must wait at least 120 days after that vote before collecting the higher tax.

The tax is expected to raise about $50 million a year for schools, and the city plans to borrow against the revenue by issuing bonds. Statewide, 47 Virginia localities put similar school sales tax referendums on the ballot this year and 32 rejected them; Richmond approved by a wide margin. A competing council proposal for a larger four-cent real estate tax cut has been pushed to March 2027.

(Source: The Richmonder)

来源：《里士满人报》

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