Meals tax

[Donald is #1]

Does anyone know what the meals tax is at WDW? I am trying to do a spreadsheet comparing DDE to DDP for one of my trips next year and I would like to include the tax for an apples to apples comparison.

 

[quixoticvalue]

Its the same as Florida state tax.

6.5%

so if you need to find the amount for 20 its 20 X .065

 

[Donald is #1]

Thanks! Even including the sales tax, it looks like the DDE is the way to go for me. Of course, my restaurant choices were geared towards places that my picky niece would eat. If I was just basing it on me, the results would probably be different.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

The basic Sales Tax rate in Florida is 6.0% and is on most goods and services. The counties have an option, by vote of their residents, to add a surtax of 0.25%, 0.5%, 1.0% or 1.5% to the state rate.

Orange County, which is most of WDW has a surtax of 0.5%, so purchases (including meals) are taxed at 6.5%.

Osceola County, which has the All-Stars Resorts and Wide World of Sports in it, has a 1.0% surtax so purchases at those locations are subject to a 7.0% tax.

In addition, counties are allowed to have a tax on transient lodging. In both Orange and Osceola Counties it is 6.0%, so all lodging except the All Stars is 12.5% while the All Stars, in Osceola County, is 13.0%.

Mike (CPA Retired)