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Marietta finance staff reports drop in hotel-motel tax but overall collections steady

5080588 · June 25, 2025
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City finance staff told the Finance Committee that April hotel-motel tax receipts were the lowest in four years, but auto-rental receipts and other collections helped keep the fiscal-year total close to projections; committee received and filed the report.

The Marietta Finance Committee received an update on tourism-related taxes and the city’s year-end financial position, including a sharp month-to-month drop in hotel-motel tax collections.

Finance staff said April receipts remitted in May for hotel-motel tax totaled $279,223.88 — “the lowest that we've seen in the last 4 years,” according to the presentation. The staff report said the drop likely reflected a hotel still…

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