Hotels.com pushing for online tax reform
Written on July 9, 2010
Online hotel reservation company Hotels.com is working with TravelersFirst.org to oppose legislation that would create a new tax for online hotel reservation companies.
Instead, they're pushing for passage of the Internet Travel Tax Freedom Act. Hotels.com and TravelersFirst.org say the ITTFA would protect existing local hotel occupancy taxes, allow states to tax fees charged by travel agents and online travel companies, prevent the nation's 7,000 local tax authorities from creating conflicting and contradictory tax policies and end new litigation on the issue payday loans guaranteed no fax.
For the last couple of years, Dallas-based Hotels.com, along with Southlake-based Travelocity and other online travel sites, have been battling hotel occupancy lawsuits in Anaheim, Calif., and about 40 other areas across the country.
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