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Pinellas tax collector reports tourist-development-tax collections near pre-storm levels; $6.5 million in catastrophic refunds returned
Summary
Pinellas County Tax Collector Adam Ross told the Tourist Development Council that year-to-date tourist development tax (TDT) collections are about 5.23% below last year despite two hurricanes, and that nearly $6.5 million was returned as catastrophic refunds to about 13,000 taxpayers.
Adam Ross, the Pinellas County tax collector, told the Tourist Development Council on Oct. 15 that county collections of the tourist development tax are recovering after last year’s storms and are down 5.23% from the previous year so far in 2025.
Ross said the office redistributed nearly 13,000 catastrophic refunds, totaling about $6,500,000, to taxpayers after storm damage, and he predicted revenue should normalize as rental properties and hotels come back online. “As more and more of these properties, the rental properties and hotels, are back up and running in normal capacity, I do we do…
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