{"id":4472,"date":"2026-07-19T04:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4472"},"modified":"2026-07-19T04:36:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T04:36:53","slug":"pennies-no-longer-given-as-change-in-fairfax-county-taxes-or-fees-due-to-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4472","title":{"rendered":"Pennies no longer given as change in Fairfax County taxes or fees due to shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Due to the shortage of pennies, costs owed to pay a Fairfax County fee or tax in cash will now be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4470\">Montgomery County police, DEA arrest man accused of dealing drugs, identity fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Supervisor Walter Alcorn said on social media Wednesday that the county has passed a new law mandating that pennies no longer be given out as change, a measure that will sunset on July 1, 2027, as Virginia works towards a more permanent solution to the discontinuation of the penny.<\/p>\n<p>The stop in penny production has caused shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of new coins, coupled with the underutilization and circulation of existing coins, has already led to shortages that are impacting the ability of businesses and governments to obtain pennies for cash transactions,\u201d Fairfax County Finance Department Banking and Investments Division Chief Christopher Hartl told WTOP-FM.<\/p>\n<p>Amounts owed for applicable cash transactions will be rounded down if the amount ends in a one, two, six or seven, and will be rounded up if the amount ends in a three, four, eight or nine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4468\">Former Spain defender Capdevila asks Trump for help getting into the U.S. for the World Cup final<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Mint stopped producing pennies last year on President Trump\u2019s orders because pennies cost more to make than they are worth as a coin.<\/p>\n<p>During fiscal 2025, pennies cost over 3 cents to make and nickels cost over 13 cents to make, the 20th year in a row their production cost outweighed their value as coins, according to a U.S. Mint report.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4466\">Josh Kerr of Britain breaks the men\u2019s mile world record that stood since 1999<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the shortage of pennies, costs owed to pay a Fairfax County fee or tax in cash will now be rounded up or down to the nearest nickel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,6],"tags":[2614,2615],"class_list":["post-4472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-fairfax-county","tag-walter-alcorn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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