Sunday, August 1, 2010

Why Same Hotel Rooms Generate Different Tax Bills

Hotel prices always vary. People sleeping down the hall from each other in identical rooms often pay substantially different prices. But, depending on how they choose to reserve rooms, people paying the exact same price may end up with notably different tax bills.


Online travel companies rent out rooms based on prices they have contracted with hotels. The difference between what they charge and what they give the hotel is, in effect, a sales commission. But the online travel companies say that it's a service that should not be included in the total sale amount for tax purposes.

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