Gwinnett agrees to partial hotel-motel tax settlement
The Gwinnett County Commission Tuesday agreed to a partial settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by a group of local governments against several online travel companies.
The federal lawsuit seeks to recover hotel/motel excise taxes the governments say they’re due. Under the settlement terms, the travel companies agreed to pay taxes on the incremental difference between how much they pay for a room and what they charge customers for the same room, beginning May 16, 2011. In the past, some companies have not paid taxes on the difference.
A federal judge must still approve the settlement.
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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.
