BEL AIR, MD—Community leaders and residents of Hartford County for the most part supported a proposed 6% hotel tax here at a County Council hearing on Tuesday.
The hotel tax would be charged to guests staying at Hartford County hotels for up to 30 days. The council staged a public hearing on the proposed hotel tax but did not vote on the measure, according to the Baltimore Sun.
The tax on all of the county's 2,713 hotel rooms is expected to generate approximately $2.75 million in annual revenue for the county. County officials chose the 6% rate as a median between what other Maryland jurisdictions charge, which range between 3% to 9.5%. The hotel tax in Washington, DC is 14.5%. See story in the Baltimore Sun.
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