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Board hears legal options for 1% lodging tax increase; members favor 3%/3% split between county and tourism fund
Summary
Staff advised the board that state law allows a 1% increase in the transient occupancy tax and that the board could code the remittance so excess over 5% can come to the county; several supervisors favored splitting the proposed additional 1% evenly between the county and the tourism fund.
Madison County supervisors discussed a staff proposal to increase the transient occupancy (lodging) tax by 1 percentage point (from 5% to 6%) and how any additional revenue would be split between the county’s general coffers and the tourism/trust fund.
Staff cited Virginia Code §58.1‑3819 and local code provisions, explaining that the county’s current 5% TOT assesses 2% to the county while the remainder is directed to a tourism fund. Staff said the code can be amended to set a 6% total rate and to specify how the…
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