On Feb 8, 10:10 am, "Don & Lynn" wrote:
> You sound a little defensive. Is it not true that we goobers provide enough
> extra so that you folks in Alaska don't have a State income tax, a sales
> tax or property taxes? ...
In your own backyard of Reno, what's your city hotel tax rate now?
Might it be 13.5%? And aren't there also a fistfull of extra fees
imposed on rental cars and restaurants too...all within the theme of
"make the vistors pay".
Granted, it has become all too common to create "make the visitors
pay" localized tax structures - Nevada isn't alone in them, although
Nevada has apparently gotten very good at the game: you're in one of
only seven states without a personal income tax and one of only three
without a corporate income tax, and its all because the majority of
tax revenues in Nevada are generated from the tourism and gaming
industries.
And you're free to do that "soak the tourist" form of taxation under
the concept of local rule governance.
However, to be doing this in your own backyard and to then wag your
finger in displeasure at someone doing the same exact thing as you are
is the classic hypocrisy, commonly known as "do as I say, not as I
do".
-hh
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