Hotel and Tourism Taxes

New Census Data Shows States Beat Revenue Expectations in FY 2020

September 18, 2020

Can States Close Budget Deficits with Excise Tax Hikes?

April 15, 2020

No Good Options as Chicago Seeks Revenue

September 17, 2019

The Proper Role of Excise Taxes

July 31, 2019

Maine Hotels and Campgrounds Would Have Felt LOST If Bill Became Law

June 20, 2019

States Taxing Sports Betting: Lessons From Other Revenue Streams

May 23, 2018

D.C. Proposes Sales Tax Increase, Other Tax Changes

May 16, 2018

Tax-Funded Expansion of San Diego Convention Center Faces Opposition

June 16, 2017

Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago Tax on Car Rentals Outside Chicago

January 23, 2017

Virginia Gives Voters a Say on Meals Taxes, and They Usually Say No

November 2, 2016

Virginia County Mails One-Sided Pamphlet to Support Proposed Meals Tax

October 25, 2016

Litigation Ongoing against Online Travel Companies for Hotel Occupancy Taxes

February 17, 2016

Taxation of Online Travel Services: Lawsuits Generally Not Succeeding In Effort to Expand Hotel Taxes

May 9, 2012

Meals Taxes in Major U.S. Cities

March 1, 2012

Meals Taxes in Major U.S. Cities

March 1, 2012

Rhode Island Governor Proposes Tax Hikes on Sales, Tobacco, Lodging, Vehicle License Fees, Kitchen Sink

February 1, 2012

Travel Taxes are Inhospitable, Significant

July 26, 2011

The Role of Congress in State Tax Legislation: Ensuring that State Taxation Does Not Do Harm to the National Economy (Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial, and Administrative Law)

May 25, 2011

Should Kentucky Provide Tax Incentives to Proposed Creationism Theme Park?

December 2, 2010

Summer Travel Tax Traps?

July 13, 2010