Tax Guru-Ker$tetter Letter
Wednesday, January 01, 2003
State facing surplus of ideas to aid budget
Whatever they decide to do in the PRC, you can be sure it will become even more expensive to live and visit there. While most people would think that the residents of a state would be the primary targets of new taxes, most states and cities like to stick it to visitors through huge taxes on lodging, meals, rental cars, and airplane tickets. They are sitting ducks for extra taxes because they don't vote in the state they are visiting and can't get back at the rulers who levy those taxes on them. It's classic taxation without representation and there's nothing the visitors can do about it but not go to those places.
KMK