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Nelson County board weighs admissions tax outline, plans stakeholder committee
Summary
County staff presented a draft admissions-tax ordinance; board members debated scope, enforcement and exemptions and agreed to form a committee with staff, the EDA and the commissioner of revenue to work out parameters, aiming for design work over roughly six months for possible FY2028 consideration.
Board members spent an extended portion of a budget work session discussing a draft admissions-tax ordinance prepared by staff.
Staff reported that, under state code, localities may levy an admissions tax and that recent changes allow taxing participatory-sport admissions. The draft circulated in February excluded certain nonprofit and school-sponsored events and low-dollar admissions; it also referenced thresholds used in other localities, such as a 2,000-attendee projection used in some ordinances.
Board members pressed staff on several…
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