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Bed Tax to voters
Jackson Hole Daily- Jackson, WY  (08/19)
One day after voters approved $34 million in sales tax funding for capital projects, town and county officials decided to ask residents in the November election to consider a levy on motel rooms....


Winter Park plans crackdown on illegal rentals

Glenwood Springs Post Independent-Winter Park CO  (08/13)
Beginning this fall, Winter Park hopes to begin participating in a Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) initiative to crack down on illegal vacation rentals....


Chicago condo units (vacation rentals) must follow hotel operating standards
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Chicago Sun-Times (6/24)
Condominium owners who turn their units into hotel suites (vacation rentals) would have to maintain the same rigid operating standards as hotels, under a crackdown advanced Wednesday...

Arizona Backs Sales Tax Increase
New York Times (5/19)
Phoenix-Arizona voters on Tuesday approved a temporary sales tax increase championed by a Republican governor....


Colorado Resort Towns Wrestle with Collecting Taxes...

Denver Post- Denver, HI  (02/28)
When Elizabeth Smith first listed her three-bedroom Crested Butte home on
VRBO.comin 2000, she was one of five Crested Butte homeowners on the website offering private nightly rentals directly to vacationers....

New Deadline for Hawaii General Excise Tax Returns...

Hawaii Department of Taxation (3/10)
The Department of Taxation reminds taxpayers of new general excise tax (GET) filing and payment deadlines for periodic returns beginning with returns filed for the January 2010 period...

New Deadline for Hawaii General Excise Tax Returns...
Hawaii Department of Taxation (3/10)
The Department of Taxation reminds taxpayers of new general excise tax (GET) filing and payment deadlines for periodic returns beginning with returns filed for the January 2010 period...

Lake County struggles with delinquent vacation home properties not paying taxes
TheLedger.com- Lake County, FL (3/26)
For most of the past decade, the growth in short term vacation homes has been concentrated locally in Polk and Osceola counties, with large sections of Davenport and Kissimmee attracting new vacation homes hoping to tap into this region's large tourism market......

Sarasota leaders look at resort tax
HeraldTribune.com-Sarasota, FL (05/27)
SARASOTA COUNTY - Having just raised the tax on overnight lodgings by a half-cent on the dollar earlier this month, county commissioners and a panel that advises them on tourism issues are struggling to reach a consensus about whether the tax should be increased again. 

Scottsdale Voters Approve Bed Tax
MyFoxPheonix.com- Scottsdale, AZ (3/10)
Hotel room tax increases from 3 to 5 percent...

Gloomy projections have Breckenridge considering lodging tax increases
Summit Daily News- Breckenridge, CO  (5/27)
BRECKENRIDGE — Breckenridge faces both short- and long-term revenue needs, but council members are cautious about asking the voters for tax increases.....