Local option taxes weighed throughout the region
Some area communities with the most to gain from new taxes on restaurant meals and hotel rooms don’t appear to be in a hurry to snag the extra cash.
Oct. 1 is the earliest that municipalities can begin collecting the new taxes - an extra 2 percentage points on hotel bills, 0.75 percent on restaurant meals. But to begin collecting the money in the fall, communities must authorize the taxes by the end of August. Read more about communities west of Boston here.
“You don’t want to be perceived as just implementing any new tax increase without giving it some thought,’’ said Hans Larsen, Wellesley’s executive director, adding that his town definitely won’t move to approve the local taxes by the end of the month.
“We will likely wait and see what other communities do,’’ Larsen added. “I think it’s better to get it right.’’
North of Boston, some communities are weighing whether to hike meal or hotel taxes. Read a roundup of those communities here.
In Revere, Mayor Thomas G. Ambrosino has requested the City Council adopt the meals tax and hotel/motel tax increases. He said his preference is to implement the options Oct. 1, which would generate an estimated $628,715 in added city revenue this year. The City Council on July 20 referred the mayor’s proposal to its Ways and Means Committee.
“We have no other choice,’’ Ambrosino said of the tax increases.
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These taxes are ok because you don't have to eat out or stay at hotels. most people who do this have the money to do so all others will learn to cook and enjoy eating at home as a family. It brings back family values. and is a lot more fun.
why don't the towns change the laws about mobile home parks and 55t communities.People don't realize that the owners of these properties pay thousands to the people who own the land and those people in turn pay almost nothing to the towns in taxes.These places are most prevalent in plymouth,halifax middleboro and the bridgewaters.These people own the homes,but not the land and they pay thousands a year to the owners of the land who pay maybe a hundred dollars a year to the towns and pocket the rest.A lot of these elderly people think the thosands a year they pay to these greedy landowners goes for taxes,when in fact most of it goes in their pockets.One example is oak point in middleboro,with 800 plus homes.These size homes ordinarily would pay about $3500 a year the owners are taking about $
I don't think Boston will do it until after the elections. The Mayor never raises taxes before December including property taxes.
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