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Posts tagged as “Bed Tax”

YAHOO MATSU?

Analyzing the Mat-Su Borough’s use of Transient Accommodation Tax Revenue and the Mat-Su Convention & Visitor Bureau’s proposed budget for FY2021 The Mat-Su Borough has been collecting “Transient Accommodation Taxes” (i.e. a “bed tax” or “lodging tax”) since the 1980’s. The current rate is 5%. This revenue is shared by…

Better Uses for the Bed Tax

  This was posted on Borough Budget Watch on Feb 7, 2019: The (proposed but not yet built) Gateway Visitors Center. Jesse Sumner made some great points in his closing comments at this week’s Assembly meeting. Everyone should go take a listen. He pointed out that the old Visitors Center…