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Tourism group asks Bellone for a bigger chunk of marketing dollars
Members of the East End Tourism Alliance asked County Executive Steve Bellone to increase the amount of tourism funding they get through an existing 3-percent county room occupancy tax at a meeting in...
View ArticleEditorial: Don’t collect taxes you never asked for in the first place
In July, the Suffolk County Comptroller’s office released an audit showing that, due to low staffing levels, the county treasurer did not adequately monitor the county’s hotel-motel tax program in...
View ArticleCounty starts collecting ‘hotel tax’ from short-term rental landlords
Suffolk County has begun to crack down on short-term rental owners who list their properties online and are now requiring them to collect and remit a hotel-motel tax from their guests. In some cases,...
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Town considers raising income requirements for CPF exemption
Only 17 properties in Southold Town would currently qualify for an exemption to the 2-percent land transfer tax that funds the Community Preservation Fund, according to an analysis done for the town...
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