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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]
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 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 ...
As part of Choose Chicago’s vision, the city’s hotel tax, already the highest in the country among convention cities, could jump to 18.9% at downtown venues. The so-called Tourism District ...
According to the “2024 Profile of North Carolina Occupancy Taxes & Their Investment,” a March 2024 report by the Magellan Strategy Group, 90 of the state’s 100 counties and 110 of the state ...
The Nevada State Department of Taxation is a Nevada government state agency that mainly focuses on the collection and distribution of taxes in Nevada. Aside from its taxation-related duties, the agency also manages and regulates marijuana business licensing and property appraisals. [ 1 ]
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At 7.25%, California has the highest minimum statewide sales tax rate in the United States, [8] which can total up to 10.75% with local sales taxes included. [9]Sales and use taxes in California (state and local) are collected by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, whereas income and franchise taxes are collected by the Franchise Tax Board.