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Commissioners support adding occupancy rate to local innkeepers tax reporting form
Summary
Daviess County commissioners agreed to support an amendment to the county’s innkeepers tax ordinance to request occupancy rate data on local tax filings so the state can include it in statewide statistics; the board voted 3-0 to forward the change to the city council process.
Daviess County commissioners on May 13 agreed to support updating the local innkeepers tax form to include hotel occupancy rates so the state will collect that data for broader tourism and lodging analysis.
The addition matters because occupancy rates help the visitors bureau and county planners evaluate demand for hotels and lodging and can inform development or marketing decisions.
A county official said the state currently collects occupancy-rate information and that adding that field to the county’s local innkeepers tax statement would enable the state to include the county’s occupancy data. Commissioners discussed whether additional fields — such as average daily rate or number of rooms open — could be added and agreed that the visitors bureau should help vet what to include. The board approved a motion to support the ordinance amendment and to forward it to the city council process (motion moved by Commissioner Keith, seconded by Commissioner Cook; vote 3–0).
