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MA bill would enable towns to form Tourism Marketing Destination Districts funded by rooms tax
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17 October 2017 (Edited )

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Posted 17 October 2017:

Tax would be a 1% to 3% surcharge on hotel rooms.

Majority of lodging property owners in the proposed district, and the local government, would have to approve the tax.

State Rep Michael Finn's bill is now at the Revenue Committee.

I doubt that this will fly because (1) it will raise room rates (never popular), and (2) getting a majority of New England business owners in any industry vertical to agree on something is a tough sell.

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