{"id":194,"date":"2012-06-29T21:31:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2019-05-15T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:38:09","slug":"state-tax-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/?page_id=194","title":{"rendered":"State Tax System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TAX &amp; LICENSE \/ STATE  TAX SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Individual Income Tax<\/strong><br \/>\nVirginia  imposes a state income tax on a graduated scale similar to that used by the  federal government, where credits and deductions apply and the rate is  dependent upon your filing status and income level. The minimum income level  where it is not necessary to file income tax forms is $7,000 and $14,000 for  married couples.&nbsp; May 1 is the due date  for filing. For further information or answers to your questions, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Department of  Taxation<\/strong><br \/>\nTele-Tax  service 804-367-2486<br \/>\nCustomer  Service 804-367-8031<br \/>\nFax  Forms 804-367-2486<br \/>\nForms  Department 804-440-2541<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tax.virginia.gov\/\">www.tax.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Tax Payments<\/strong><br \/>\n800-2PAY-TAX<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.officialpayments.com\/\">www.officialpayments.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sales Tax<\/strong><br \/>\nThe  general sales tax rate in Virginia is 5.3 percent (4.3 percent state sales tax  and 1 percent local). Eligible food items are taxed at a reduced rate of 1.5  percent, and nonprescription drugs and proprietary medicines are exempt. For  details or more information, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Department of  Taxation<\/strong><br \/>\nCustomer  Service 804-367-8031<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tax.virginia.gov\/\">www.tax.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Estate Taxes<\/strong><br \/>\nVirginia  imposes a &#8220;pick up&#8221; estate tax based on the federal credit for state  death taxes reported on the federal estate tax return. Only estates required to  file a federal estate tax return will be subject to the Virginia estate tax  requirements. For details or more information, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia Department of  Taxation <\/strong><br \/>\nCustomer  Service 804-367-8031<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tax.virginia.gov\/\">www.tax.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Property Taxes<\/strong><br \/>\nCounty  and city jurisdictions are responsible for assessing and taxing personal  property in Virginia. The commissioner of revenue assesses property, both  personal and real, and the country treasurer is responsible for the collection  of all taxes. For details about a specific property or guidelines and rates in  your area, contact your local tax assessor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAX &amp; LICENSE \/ STATE TAX SYSTEM Individual Income Tax Virginia imposes a state income tax on a graduated scale similar to that used by the federal government, where credits and deductions apply and the rate is dependent upon your filing status and income level. The minimum income level where it is not necessary to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/194\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/CentralVA3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}