London Congestion Charge (US Embassy)

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

I live in DC and work in Virginia.

And my guess is, since Congress is in charge of DC, that that commuter tax is long dead at this point.

I pass by HM on the way into work every morning as I work in DC but live in VA. DC keeps bringing up the the idea of having commuters who work in the city pay DC state income tax but it hasn't gotten off the ground. I'm employed by a VA business so it wouldn't affect me either way but I'm not very fond of the idea for obvious reasons. My objections used to be pretty clear cut back when the Federal governmet was making a Federal Payment to DC every year but I don't think they do that anymore so its difficult to determine how fair or equitable it is or isn't.

In any event, VA doesn't charge DC residents to work in our state or drive on our streets but the underlying economics may not be as clear cut as that makes it sound.