Sentences with phrase «room occupancy tax»

The grants are funded by room occupancy tax, from large hotels to small bed and breakfasts, and were divided into six total categories including marketing and advertising and tourism capital grants.

In total, the hotel would generate $ 1.3 million in sales and room occupancy tax revenues annually, it said.

He noted that guests at the hotel will pay sales and room occupancy taxes during their stay.

It also said the project would increase state and local sales tax revenue and the county's room occupancy tax revenues.

Starting next month, Airbnb guests in Onondaga County will begin chipping in on room occupancy taxes, just like they would at a hotel.

Currently, hotel customers are charged a hotel room occupancy tax by Onondaga County.

Members of the East End Tourism Alliance asked County Executive Steve Bellone to increase the amount of tourism funding they get through an existing 3 - percent county room occupancy tax at a meeting in Riverhead Tuesday.

County officials recently reached an agreement with Airbnb, an online rental marketplace, to begin collecting room occupancy tax on rentals.

ROOM OCCUPANCY In addition to addressing the proposed room occupancy tax provision in the Senate budget, the Joint Committee on Financial Services also held three hearings on a different bill that would tax short term rentals at varying tax rates.

Tompkins County claims it is the first county in New York State to reach a deal with home rental company Airbnb to pay the local hotel room occupancy tax.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Starting next month, Airbnb guests in Onondaga County will begin chipping in on room occupancy taxes, just like they would at a hotel.

The county collected $ 6.63 million in room occupancy tax in 2016.

The room occupancy tax is added to a bill and paid by guests, just like at a hotel.

«With the growth of Canadian tourists and other guests from beyond the Syracuse area, largely driven by the success of Destiny USA, this project will provide additional sales tax revenue, room occupancy taxes and create new construction and permanent jobs for area residents,» the statement said.

The money comes from the county's hotel surcharge, called the room occupancy tax.

The county raised its room occupancy tax rate from 3 to 5 percent in 1991 in hopes of capturing more hotel - room tax revenue from the Oncenter, Kochian said.

The work of the 11 - person Board is funded through a portion of the local hotel room occupancy tax.

First, the Senate included a section that would have expanded the room occupancy tax that hotels charge guests, to the rental of private homes for less than 90 days.