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Lodging operators urge delay or phase-in of transient-occupancy tax change as assembly declines to reopen debate
Summary
KVB and lodging representatives asked the assembly to reconsider a change to borough transient-occupancy tax rules that will eliminate a city exemption and raise combined peak-season lodging taxes; the assembly voted against a motion to reopen discussion at this meeting.
Representatives of the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau and local lodging operators asked the borough assembly on Dec. 15 to reconsider a recently adopted change to the borough transient-occupancy tax that will take effect Jan. 1, saying the elimination of a city-based exemption raises combined peak-season lodging taxes to about 19% and could harm independent travelers and year-round lodging operators.
Cara Tetley (Ketchikan Visitors…
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