... an all-volunteer organization ... "Watchdog of the Taxpayer's Dollar since 1956!"
What's Wrong with Fairfax County
The Problem: Taxes Rising 3x Faster than Household Income
Since 2000, Fairfax County real estate taxes have increased 281%
-- three times faster than inflation (90%) and nearly four times
faster than household income (78%). The average annual tax bill
has gone from $2,123 to $10,031. Residents are leaving.
Why They're Rising: Raises and Benefits Drive Tax Hikes
Raises and benefit rate hikes for 40,000 county and school employees
account for 96 cents of every new tax dollar collected. Not roads.
Not schools. Not public safety. A structural spending problem that
compounds every year.
What We Get: School SAT Drops and Closed Buildings
Half of all county taxes fund FCPS. Hundreds of millions more pay
for county services. In return: declining academic performance,
a closed government building, a road project a million dollars
over budget, and a public health department ignoring the county's
biggest health crisis.
The Solution: Cut Tax Rates and Freeze Salaries
FCTA's four concrete demands to the Board of Supervisors:
lower the FY2027 tax rate to $1.08, put the proposed rate on
assessment notices, freeze county salaries until averages are
published, and freeze school salaries until SAT scores recover.
Front and Center:
■ FCTA - What We Do:
FCTA is a non-profit, non-partisan, volunteer organization founded in 1956 to prevent excessive real estate tax and spending increases. We analyze and publicize county and school board spending. We are the only organization that challenges school and county employee compensation. We testify at school and county budget hearings. Over 90% of tax increases are for employee compensation. County employees can retire at age 55 with 75% of final salary. We are working to keep school and county pay in line with the private sector.
■ Dec 2025 Special Bulletin
... How to Reverse
Financial Disaster Coming to Fairfax Co
-- 78% of tax increases go to County employees.
-- 22,000 4-yr domestic out-migration, 2/3 of Virginia's.
-- FCTA offers suggestions for reform.
■ FCTA provides full text of
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Recent Posts: Local, Virginia, and Perspective FCTA Wonders:
(1) Is it worse to not learn because gov't schools are closed, or to not learn reading, math, and 1776 history when gov't schools are open? (2) Will Va. adopt destructive and expensive green energy policies like California? (3) Can U.S. citizens' trust be restored in government, corporate, and educational institutions? (4) Will the U.S. return to equal justice under the law?
