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Sioux County asks state tax commissioner to clarify lodging-tax status for outfitters
Summary
The board approved a request from Discover Northwest Nebraska to ask the Nebraska State Tax Commissioner whether outfitters that advertise lodging alongside hunting services are subject to the lodging tax; the motion passed unanimously.
The Sioux County Board of Commissioners voted Feb. 2 to authorize Kerri Rempp, director of Discover Northwest Nebraska, to send a letter to the Nebraska State Tax Commissioner requesting a final determination on whether outfitters that advertise lodging in addition to hunting services must collect and remit lodging tax.
Commissioner J.W. Geiser told the board that some outfitters’ websites list lodging as part of their offerings. After Rempp described the issue, the board approved a motion—moved by Geiser and seconded by Commissioner Hal Downer—authorizing the request.
The minutes record the board’s approval but do not quote the text of the proposed letter or the Tax Commissioner’s response. The county will rely on the state tax office’s determination to clarify local tax-collection responsibilities for outfitters that provide lodging.
No further action by the board was recorded at the meeting; the county clerk’s minutes note that the motion passed on a unanimous roll call vote.
