Senate Approves Option Letting Counties Collect Local Transient-room Tax
Senate passed Senate Bill 95 to allow counties, at their option, to collect transient-room taxes locally rather than remitting them through the state tax commission; counties would assume auditing responsibility. The measure passed to third reading (25–1).
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Senator Hilliard presented SB95, which would permit counties to collect local transient-room (hotel/motel) taxes directly rather than remitting those receipts to the state tax commission. The change is optional: counties may choose local collection and then assume auditing responsibilities rather than pay the state tax commission’s 2.5% service charge.
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