Residents in Fairfax County have to pay a new 4% meal tax on prepared food from restaurants (Image: Getty Images)
As of Jan. 1, 2026, Fairfax County, located in Northern Virginia west of Washington, D.C., rang in the New Year by levying a new 4% tax on the purchase of all prepared food and beverages sold as a meal by restaurants.
This new meal tax is added on top of the state’s existing 6% sales tax…