Valdosta Proposes Higher Hotel & Motel Tax Rate
Friday, December 6th, 2013
If the City of Valdosta gets its way, you may have to shell out a couple extra dollars the next time you stay in a hotel or motel in Valdosta.
City leaders have proposed a 2% increase in the city's hotel and motel tax rate.
"Currently, the tax is at five percent and we're going to ask that it goes to seven percent," said Mark Barber, Valdosta's Finance Director.
Barber emphasized that this is not a new tax though, it is simply an increase in the current tax.
With the current tax rate of 5%, if a hotel costs $70 per night, guests would pay $3.50 in taxes. With proposed increased rate of 7%, guests would pay $4.90 in taxes.
"The additional two percent is necessary because we need to make improvements to Mathis City Auditorium as well as to the James H. Rainwater Conference Center," said Barber.
