Loudoun County, VA Local Taxes & Fees: Business Tax Classification (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing chapter
- County Code § 840.14
- Threshold for tax
- Gross receipts over $200,000/yr
- Amusements rate
- $0.21 per $100 gross receipts
- Business services rate
- $0.17 per $100 gross receipts
- Contractors rate
- $0.13 per $100 gross receipts
- Flat license fee
- $30/yr if under $200,000
- Enforcing office
- Commissioner of the Revenue
Summary
Loudoun County sorts every business into a licensed category under Chapter 840 of the County Code, and the rate you owe depends entirely on which bucket you land in. Amusements pay 21 cents per $100 of gross receipts, business services 17 cents, contractors 13 cents, and hotels or motels 23 cents.
840.14 CALCULATION OF TAX. In addition to the fee specified in section 840.13(c), any person engaged in a business, profession, trade or occupation with gross receipts of more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) shall be assessed and required to pay annually a license tax on gross receipts or a flat tax at the rate established for the particular enterprise as set forth below: (a) Amusements... shall pay for the privilege an annual license tax of twenty-one cents ($0.21) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of gross receipts. (c) Business Services... shall pay for the privilege an annual license tax of seventeen cents ($0.17) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of gross receipts... (e) Contractors and Contracting... shall pay for the privilege an annual license tax of thirteen cents ($0.13) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of gross receipts.
Full Breakdown
14 (Calculation of Tax) and applies a different gross-receipts rate to each class once annual gross receipts exceed $200,000. Amusements (any entertainment, show, event or sport charging admission) pay 21 cents per $100 of gross receipts. 205-18 pay only 3 cents per $100 of the federal funds received. Contractors and speculative builders pay 13 cents per $100. Personal service businesses and professional, financial and real estate services each pay 23 cents per $100. Hotels and motels renting more than seven bedrooms to transients pay 23 cents per $100.
Flat-fee classes exist alongside the percentage classes: bondsmen pay $50 (not prorated), fortunetellers pay $500 (not prorated or assignable), and amusement-machine operators pay $150 for fewer than ten coin-operated machines or $200 for ten or more, tracked by an address list filed with the Commissioner. 14 applies instead. 14(e). 13(b)(2).
Violations & Fines
Failing to file the annual gross-receipts declaration with the Commissioner of the Revenue, or misclassifying a business to claim a lower rate class, exposes the business to back assessment of the correct classification's tax plus the license fee. Bail bondsmen who fail to hold the required Department of Criminal Justice Services license face immediate revocation of their county business license and may be referred for penalties under § 840.12. Coin-operated machine operators who fail to furnish the required address list of machines to the Commissioner of the Revenue can be assessed the license tax without benefit of the small-operator exemptions in § 840.14(d)(3).
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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