
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 13, 1991                   TAG: 9102130194
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                LENGTH: Short

BEDFORD COUNTY STUDIES TAX CHANGE

County officials are looking at how much money a tax on gross receipts at Bedford County businesses might bring in.

This week, Stewartsville area Supervisor Dale Wheeler asked that the gross receipts tax be considered instead of a merchant's capital tax now imposed on area businesses.

That tax brings in less than $80,000 a year for the county. County officials say they are unsure how much could be raised with a tax on gross receipts.

Forest Supervisor T.D. Thornton agreed that such a tax should be studied. "The time has come that we do look," Thornton said. "It can be a fair and equitable means of taxation."

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