WOW! Room Tax now 12.5%?

[Happy Birthday Cat]

I was just reading on the resort board that the room tax is now 12.5%?

That is another great reason that I often forget that makes DVC such a value. It's nice not having to pay such a high amount of tax to stay at WDW whatever it presently is. I remember when I used to figure the total cost of our vacation always adding in that nasty 11%. I'm glad I don't do that any more.

Makes you wonder if the politicians in Florida will try to find a way to tax timeshares beyond the tax paid at the time of purchase?

HBC

 

[dvc_john]

Wow!
Is that Orange County or Osceola County. The ASR's are in Osceola County, and the tax there was always higher.

As for taxing timeshares, Hawaii found out a way to do it. They call it an occupancy tax, and it's in addition to the regular real estate taxes.

 

[JimC]

The resort tax in Orange County is 11.5%, in Osceola County 12%. That is because the state raised its sales tax .5% on 1/1/03

 

[JimC]

The resort tax in Orange County is 11.5%, in Osceola County 12%

 

[AEN]

cha ching!

Just thinking about the breakeven point getting better.