Increasing the local lodging tax has been a part of dialogue recently and according to Angela Fox, CEO for the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce, the state is considering adding a statewide lodging tax…

Currently, local communities determine their own lodging tax rates of either 2 or 4% and Fox explained that each local lodging tax board determines the amount and how it’s to be spent.

If Wyoming were to adopt a statewide lodging tax, Fox explained how the funds raised could indirectly benefit the serious educational budget shortfall…

With the energy sector still struggling to regain its strength across the state, communities are looking to the tourist industry to help fund the “basket of goods” that the state’s residence have come to value.

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