COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



LR No.: 3572-01

Bill No.: SB 981

Subject: Taxation - Cities, Towns and Villages; Transient Guest Tax

Type: Original

Date: February 2, 2004




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on

General Revenue

Fund

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on Other

State Funds

$0 $0 $0



Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0





ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Local Government* (UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN) (UNKNOWN)

*Only cities/counties that have passed a local transient guest tax would see a loss from this proposal.





FISCAL ANALYSIS



ASSUMPTION



Officials of the Department of Revenue (DOR) assume this legislation exempts any organization or their representatives who are exempt from sales/use tax, from paying a tourism tax when staying at a hotel/motel that is required to collect the tax. DOR assumes no fiscal impact from this proposal.



Officials of the Department of Economic Development- Division of Tourism (DED) assume this proposal would extend the charitable sales tax exemption to certain transient guest taxes. DED assumes no fiscal impact.



Oversight assumes only cities/counties that have imposed the transient guest tax would realize an unknown loss from this tax exemption. The fiscal impact will be shown as a negative unknown to certain cities/counties.









FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2005

(10 Mo.)

FY 2006 FY 2007
$0 $0 $0





FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2005

(10 Mo.)

FY 2006 FY 2007
CITIES/COUNTIES
Loss - Certain Cities & Counties*
Exemption from Transient Guest Tax (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
TOTAL ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT



(UNKNOWN)


(UNKNOWN)


(UNKNOWN)


*Only cities/counties that have passed a local transient guest tax would see a loss from this proposal.





FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business



Small businesses could expect to be fiscally impacted to the extent that they may save on hotel/motel rooms.





DESCRIPTION



This proposal exempts hotel/motel sleeping rooms paid for by tax exempt entities from certain local transient guest taxes.

This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.















SOURCES OF INFORMATION



Department of Revenue

Department of Economic Development

Division of Tourism











Mickey Wilson, CPA

Director

February 2, 2004