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Statewide, a 5% excise tax applies to accommodations. [37] Municipalities may impose an additional tax of up to 6% (6.5% in the city of Boston). [38] In December 2018, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law a bill applying the state hotel tax to short-term rentals (such as Airbnb) with an exemption for rentals fewer than 14 days. [39]
The most common type of tourist tax in Europe and the United States is to levy a tax on accommodation known as a hotel tax, occupancy tax, lodging tax or bed tax. [5] The tax is levied against individuals when they rent accommodation (a room, rooms, entire home, or other living space) in a hotel , inn , tourist home or house, motel , or other ...
A lawsuit filed in 2012 by San Diegans for Open Government challenges the renewal of the San Diego Tourism Marketing District. The lawsuit filed by Cory Briggs, a public interest lawyer, claims that the assessment is basically a tax and therefore is not valid under California proposition 26 which requires a two-thirds supermajority to pass any tax.
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to create a single government for the federal ...
The law will exempt only (1) casino and racetrack gaming floors, (2) the entire area of a private club that was in existence on January 1, 2009, (3) designated areas in any private club where persons under 18 are prohibited, (4) tobacconists, (5) designated hotel and motel smoking rooms, (6) designated smoking areas in nursing homes and ...
Apr. 14—OLYMPIA — Washington's Department of Natural Resources wants to help solve the state's housing crisis by offering state land for affordable residential development. A bill signed into ...
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The U.S. Grant Hotel is a historic hotel in downtown San Diego, California. It operates under a franchise of Marriott International as part of their Luxury Collection brand. One of the oldest hotels in San Diego, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is 11 stories high and has 270 guest rooms in addition to meeting rooms ...