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General Information
Any individual, partnership, or corporation engaged in a business or Additional Information Required To Be Filed With Return
profession in Prince William County or engaged in leasing
In addition to this filing form, you must furnish a complete itemized
equipment that is located in Prince William County and used in a
listing of all tangible personal property, showing acquisition date and
business or profession must complete this form. If information is
original cost. You must also include a copy of IRS schedule 4562
preprinted, please update, or correct the information as necessary.
(Depreciation and Amortization) if you complete this schedule.
To avoid a late filing penalty of 10%, this filing form must be Miscellaneous and incidental equipment with an original cost of less
postmarked or returned by APRIL 15, 2022. than $500 reported on Schedule A as an estimate of the total
aggregate cost of such equipment does not have to be itemized.
A separate form should be submitted for each business location.
Formula for Assessment
Leasing companies must file a return in their own name. Items being
leased can be consolidated on a single return as long as the detailed The assessment on which your tax will be based is computed using
listing required to be filed with this return identifies the lessee and the percentages shown in the following table. To determine the
location address of the equipment. assessment, multiply the reported cost for each year by the
percentage for that year.
Do not use this form to report licensed motor vehicles, trailers, boats,
or aircraft. These items must be reported and registered within 60 Schedule A Schedule B Schedule C
days of purchase or location in the County by calling 703-792-6710.
2021.................. 85% 2021................... 80% 2021 .................. 50%
Property required to be reported on this form is not subject to 2020.................. 75% 2020................... 65% 2020 .................. 35%
proration. Business personal property is taxed for the entire year 2019.................. 65% 2019................... 50% 2019 .................. 20%
even if it is sold or moved out of the County after January 1st. 2018.................. 55% 2018................... 35% 2018 .................. 10%
2017.................. 45% 2017................... 20% 2017 and prior ... 5%
If you own no business tangible personal property, you must still file 2016.................. 35% 2016 and prior ... 10%
a return; please enter “NONE” in Schedules A, B and C 2015.................. 25%
2014.................. 15%
Schedules A, B, and C 2013 and prior .. 10%
Report in the appropriate schedule the total purchase cost by year all
tangible property that is owned or being paid for by installment Please do not include payment with your return. You will be billed.
payments (including items acquired under a lease-purchase contract) Where to File
located in Prince William County on January 1, 2022. All property
must be reported, even if fully depreciated for accounting purposes. By Regular Mail – Please use the return envelope provided or send
Please round amounts to the nearest dollar. to Tax Administration Division, PO Box 2467, Woodbridge, VA
22195-2467
Total purchase cost is defined as the full capitalized original cost
including tax, freight, and installation. There is no provision in law that By Courier or Overnight Delivery – Tax Administration Division,
allows for the deduction of indebtedness against the reported cost for 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, VA 22192-9201
business tangible property. In Person – Please use the drop box at any Tax Administration
Schedule A should be used to report furniture, office equipment and Office:
fixtures, miscellaneous and incidental property, machinery and tools, McCoart Administration Building
and any other equipment not reported in Schedules B and C. 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge
Miscellaneous and incidental property with an original cost of less Sudley North Government Center
than $500 may be reported by estimating the total cost of all such 7987 Ashton Avenue, Manassas
property. If estimating the cost of miscellaneous and incidental
Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Building (office closed until further notice)
equipment, please report the estimated cost in the year purchased. If
15941 Donald Curtis Drive, Woodbridge
the purchase year is not known, estimate the purchase year.
Filing Extension
Schedule B should be used to report earth moving equipment and
coin operated laundry equipment. An automatic 90-day extension is available by sending a request by
email to Taxpayerservices@pwcgov.org. Include the account
Schedule C should be used to report all computer hardware and
number and business name in your email request. You must request
peripheral equipment such as personal computers, notebook
an extension prior to April 15, 2022.
computers, monitors, mainframe and midrange units, file servers,
POS equipment, backup units, storage devices, modems, fax Attach a copy of our reply email to your filing form or you may be
machines, photocopy machines, printers, scanners, network cards, assessed a late filing penalty.
and cables. Do not report application software.
How to Contact Us
Schedule D
Please call 703-792-6710; by fax at 703-792-4673; or by e-mail at
Report all personal property leased or rented from others. Taxpayerservices@pwcgov.org
Information used to complete this schedule should be obtained from
lease agreement(s). Report operating leases only. Capitalized leases Additional forms can be downloaded from our web site at
should be reported on Schedule A, B or C depending on the type of www.pwcgov.org/tax (select Businesses)
property.
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