I agree that they tend to be additional new taxes, but they *could* delay the imposition of new taxes, next time the city is in a budget crisis

And yeah, I hate tourists, so imma vote for a tourist tax out of spite either way

SimpleStacker

It’s probably not a terrible assumption that these are almost entirely additional taxes, but sometimes localities really do deliberate over which new revenue source to add.

In those cases, you may reasonably answer “None of the above, please. Failing that, tax the tourists.”

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Politics_And_Law

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The Immense Stupidity of Tourism Taxes (FT, Robert Shrimsley)

denlillaapan

It’s probably not a terrible assumption that these are almost entirely additional taxes, but sometimes localities really do deliberate over which new revenue source to add. 

In those cases, you may reasonably answer “None of the above, please. Failing that, tax the tourists.”