Taxation
Real Estate and Personal Property
Like many other towns in Virginia, the Town of Kilmarnock provides additional public services such as police protection, street lighting and general maintenance. The town funds these types of services through taxation.
Real estate and personal property taxes are billed annually in November and are due in December of each year. Payments after the due date are assessed a 10% penalty. Delinquent payments as of July 1st are assessed 8% interest annually.
Real Estate Rate: Tax Year 2024 Rates are per $100 are $.0937 of assessed value
Kilmarnock participates in a program with Lancaster and Northumberland counties for real estate tax relief for qualified individuals. Please contact the appropriate County office for more information.
Lancaster County Commissioner of Revenue:
Marlon Savoy
8311 Mary Ball Road, Suite 203
Lancaster, VA 22503
Phone: (804) 462-7920
Northumberland County Commissioner of Revenue:
Todd E. Thomas
P.O. Box 309
Heathsville VA 22473
Phone: (804) 580-4600
Phone: (804) 580-7612 (land records)
Email: tthomas@co.northumberland.va.us
Meals and Lodging Tax
The local consumer meals tax is 5.0%. Businesses selling prepared food are required to register and pay meals tax monthly for items sold the prior month. The meals tax remittance is due by the 20th of the month for items sold in the prior month.
The lodging tax is 8.0%. Lodging businesses must register and pay taxes on the prior month’s collections. The lodging tax remittance is due by the 20th of the month for the prior month’s collections.
On line payments for meals and lodging tax are not available at this time.
Cigarette Tax
Retail locations selling cigarettes must acquire a local tax stamp. The tax rate is $.30 per pack. For information on this, please contact the town office.
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(THE FOLLOWING ONLY APPLIES TO PAYMENT SERVICES)
The Town of Kilmarnock’s payment services provider offers convenient and secure online payment options for tax payments and search services. The tax balances on the online search system are maintained on the municipality’s database. The balances may not reflect adjustments or payments that are in transit. The Town of Kilmarnock assumes no responsibility for incorrect information entered by taxpayers. Taxpayers are responsible for ensuring that payments are made in sufficient time to meet required deadlines. Taxpayers are responsible for printing and retaining the confirmation of any payment. The time and date of payments as indicated on the confirmation will be the date of the payment. Failure of a taxpayer to understand any information provided herein will not constitute grounds for waiver of any penalties or interest due to late payments.
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