The “visitor” tax

Posted on August 6th, 2007 by TechDigger

MySA.com: Metro | State

The committees were given a heads-up by consultant Michael Sculley that the venue tax would now be referred to as the “visitor tax” to remind local voters that tourists, not residents, will pay it.

“Visitor tax,” you gotta love it. People in San Antonio figure it’s okay to tax people for infrastructure as [...]

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Getting something for nothing

Posted on April 5th, 2007 by TechDigger

This is probably the only tax Roddy Stinson hasn’t come out against.
MySA.com: Business
But the city’s total hotel tax ranks among the most expensive in the country at a whopping 16.75 percent. Most of it is divided between the state (6 percent) and city (7 percent) for visitor marketing. Another 2 percent finances Convention Center expansion.
Too [...]

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