Similar Articles
NEW FOR THURSDAY: Morning Power Outage Affected 5,000
BERLIN -- Thousands were without power across a wide swath of northern...READ MORENEW FOR THURSDAY: Proposed Beach Music Festival Delayed Till 2014
OCEAN CITY – The much-anticipated High Tide Music Festival has b...READ MORENEW FOR THURSDAY: Of Rare Jetty Beach, Army Corps Says, ‘You’ll Probably Never See It Again’
OCEAN CITY -- A rare, if never-before-seen, anomaly appeared at the Oc...READ MORENEW FOR WEDNESDAY: Changes Looming For Ocean City Surf Beach Policies?
OCEAN CITY – Following in the footsteps of Ocean City’s bo...READ MORENEW FOR TUESDAY: Tip Averts Downtown OC Armed Robbery Last Night
OCEAN CITY -- Confidential information obtained by the Ocean City Poli...READ MORENEW FOR TUESDAY: Redevelopment Projects Proposed For Downtown Properties
OCEAN CITY – A few changes are on the horizon in the downtown ar...READ MORENEW FOR MONDAY: Worcester Casino Mulling Addition Of Table Games
SNOW HILL -- In the wake of a successful voter referendum for Maryland...READ MOREWorcester County News Briefs
SNOW HILL -- Discussed at Tuesday’s Worcester County Commissione...READ MORESalisbury Council Turns Away State Skate Park Grant
SALISBURY -- Citing environmental worries, a lack of cooperation with ...READ MOREMan Sentenced For Roommate Assault
SNOW HILL -- An Ocean City man arrested on first-degree rape and other...READ MORE
Room, Food Taxes Dip In November
OCEAN CITY - The resort's room tax receipts dropped 10 percent in November, from $149,162 last year to $134,349 this year, according to the Worcester County Treasurer's Office.
For the first 11 months of 2009, room tax figures are down 2 percent from 2008 but up over 2007 by 8 percent. Through November in 2009, collections total $11,099,380 compared to $11,309,573 in the first 11 months of 2008.
As far as food tax goes, $29,212 was collected in November of 2009. That is down from $64,333 in November of 2008. However, when comparing food tax, it's important to remember the tax collected decreased in June from 1 percent to a half of a percent. Therefore, the numbers are skewed. For the proverbial apples-to-apples comparison, the amount collected in November of 2009 needs to be doubled, resulting in an accurate 9-percent decrease from November of 2008.
Leave a comment
There are no comments.