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Talent council discusses expanding collection, potential rate increase for transient lodging tax
Summary
Council members supported pursuing state collection via an intergovernmental agreement and several expressed interest in raising Talent's transient lodging tax from 6% to 10% or 11%, with possible uses focused on events and parks.
City staff asked the Talent City Council on July 2 for direction on whether to pursue changes to local transient lodging tax (TLT) collection and on how council would like any increased revenue to be used.
City Manager Alex explained the city's current local TLT dates to 1992 and that state law changes in 2018'19 authorized taxing intermediaries such as Airbnb. The city has not yet acted to collect through those new statutory channels, limiting collections, Alex said.
Alex said staff's two recommended steps were: 1) update local code to add transient lodging intermediaries so platform bookings are taxable locally, and 2) sign an…
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