#hotel-tax tag - Briefly

Your guide to L.A.'s Measure TC: tax on hotel bookings by online companies

Measure TC aims to change how online travel companies pay hotel taxes in Los Angeles.

'Jet fuel': L.A. City Council approves ballot measure to boost hotel tax during Olympics

Los Angeles will temporarily raise the hotel tax by 2% for the 2028 Olympics, then keep a permanent 1% increase to fund city services.

California

fromSan Jose Spotlight

2 months ago

Cash strapped San Jose eyes hotel tax measure - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose proposes raising the transient occupancy tax from 10% to 12% to raise $10 million for the general fund to address a budget shortfall.

US politics

fromwww.mercurynews.com

2 months ago

San Jose faces up to a $65 million shortfall. Could a hotel tax increase improve the city's finances?

San Jose would raise hotel tax from 10% to 12% to add roughly $10 million annually to help cover a potential $65 million shortfall.

Germany news

fromThe Local Germany

5 months ago

Where in Germany you'll pay hotel tax and why you won't in Bavaria

Bavaria has outlawed hotel occupancy taxes, and its Constitutional Court confirmed cities cannot collect them despite a differing federal ruling.

fromwww.mercurynews.com

8 months ago

Pleasanton explores new tax option less than a year after sales tax measure failed

After voters shot down a sales tax measure last fall, Pleasanton officials are considering placing another initiative on next year's ballot to help plug a $100 million structural deficit. The Pleasanton City Council discussed four options a transient occupancy or hotel tax, sales tax, parcel tax or general obligation bond to potentially place on the November 2026 ballot, before unanimously agreeing to study a new hotel tax and come back with some options at a later date.