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Revenue committee reviews transient lodging tax data gaps, administration and local uses
Summary
Legislative staff and Department of Revenue officials told the Oregon House Committee on Revenue on May 27 that collecting complete, reconciled data on local transient lodging taxes (TLT) is difficult because of differences in who administers taxes, whether rates are additive, and how local governments use proceeds.
The Oregon House Committee on Revenue held an informational discussion May 27 on the state transient lodging tax (TLT) and the complexity of local TLTs, with Legislative Revenue Office staff and Department of Revenue officials telling lawmakers that assembling consistent, statewide data is time-consuming and incomplete.
Chris Alenac of the Legislative Revenue Office briefed the committee on three documents posted in OLIS: excerpts from LRO’s Basic Facts book about the state TLT, an Oregon Department of Revenue statistical report on the state tax, and an LRO “Issue Brief” summarizing local TLTs. Alenac said the state tax has existed since February 2003 and described several later rate changes. "It started at 1% in 2016. It went to 1.8% for 4 years and has been at 1.5% since 02/2020," he said while presenting committee materials.
Alenac and others told the committee the principal technical challenges are: identifying which jurisdictions impose local TLTs; determining whether listed city and county rates are additive or whether a city collects on behalf of a county; and finding how local proceeds are used. Travel Oregon (downloadable spreadsheets) and the Department of…
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