OTC in the News
2017
- Orbitz, Expedia and other travel services pay Denver $18.8 million in dispute over unpaid taxes
- Illinois: Chicago collects $18 million in settlement with hotel booking sites
- Colorado Supreme Court rules websites owe Denver millions in hotel room taxes. Will room rates rise?
2016
- Local governments can't collect taxes from online travel firms
- OTCs Urge Fifth Circuit to Overturn Award of Texas Hotel Taxes
- Sales Tax Slice: Ulike OTCs, Paying Lodging Tax May Be Vital to AirBNB's Success
- Hogan veto overturned; marijuana paraphernalia won't be a crime in Maryland
- Maryland lawmakers override veto of tax on travel intermediaries
2015
- Hawaii high court says OTAs not liable for occupancy taxes
- Montana Court Rules For And Against Online Travel Companies
- Livingston County, NY to Join Tax Scam Law Suit Against Travel Sites
- Online Travel Cos. Pay $29M In Chicago Hotel Tax Dispute
- Online Travel Companies Must Pay Sales Tax, D.C. Appeals Court Rules
- New taxes take effect in R.I
- Closing Maryland’s travel agent loophole
- A room with a tax
- Hawaii gets partial win in online travel website ruling
- Hawaii Supreme Court rules online travel companies must pay millions to state
- In tax case, Hawaiian high court sides with online travel agencies
- A Room with a Tax
- Who Doesn't Love a Hotel Discount? The Taxman - Expedia could owe $847 million in unpaid hotel taxes
- Senate Committee Considering Bill To Add Sales Tax To Online Hotel Purchases
- Tax online travel at retail rates
2014
- Wake, other NC counties now collecting once-disputed tax
- $60M At Stake in Tax Dispute with Hotel Booking Sites
- No Hotel Tax On Travel Site Commissions, Calif. Panel Says
- EXTRAS ON EXCISE: ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANY LITIGATION CONTINUES TO CAPTURE OUR ATTENTION
- Burlington seeks to squeeze online travel companies for unpaid taxes
- Commissioners meet for work session Monday
- Ill. Towns Lose Class Cert. Bid In Travel Site Tax Row
- “Best Price” or “Lowest Price” guarantees: What do these words really mean?
2013
- Tennessee lawmakers target hotel tax loophole, Chattanoga Times Free Press, 3-3-13
- Escambia pursues bed tax suit vs. online travel sites, Pensacola News Journal, 3-19-13
- Online travel companies ordered to pay $70 million in penalties, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 3-19-13
- Local towns sue online travel agencies for back taxes, Chicago Tribune, 4-8-13
- Illinois Municipalities Sue Online Travel Companies Priceline, Travelers Today, 4-9-13
- Full tax due from travel sites, hotel owners say, The Columbus Dispatch, 5-15-13.pdf
- Bad law favors online travel companies, The Columbus Dispatch, 6-21-13.pdf
- Hawaii Court Grants Summary Judgment To State, Rules OTCs Owe Back Tax Penalties, 8-14-13
- Expedia to Priceline Target as States Cry for Revenue, Bloomberg, 8-19-13
2012
- Hotels Ally on Booking Site, Wall Street Journal, 1-12-12
- Online Travel Agencies skipping out on paying bigger tax bill, WMBF News, 1-12-12
- Online travel companies to pay nearly $2 million to Palm Beach County in hotel tax dispute, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 1-30-12
- Lawmakers say online hotel brokers dodging occupancy tax, The Connecticut Mirror, 3-12-12
- OTCs, Georgia Jurisdictions OK Partial Hotel Occupancy Class Action Settlement, BNA, 3-20-12
- Fight begins on online travel taxes, The Mountain Press, 3-29-12
- Reader's View - County short-sheeted in bed-tax revenue, The Saratogian, 7-21-12
- State - Online firms owe $500 million, Hawaii News Now, 7-25-12
- Saratoga County hears opposing views but remains confident in hotel occupancy tax legislation following public forum, The Saratogian, 8-15-12
- Saratoga County Board of Supervisors passes hotel occupancy tax legislation; online hotel room resellers upset by decision, The Saratogian, 8-21-12
- Critics Question Claim that Taxing Online Travel Companies Hurts Tourism Industry, Bloomberg BNA, 8-23-12
2011
- Cities, States Change Hotel Tax Laws to Address Online Company Practices, BNA, 1-7-11
- Booking Travel Online May be Costing States Half a Billion in Revenue, ABC News, 2-5-11
- Online travel companies, hoteliers at odds, Bradenton Herald, 2-23-11
- D.C. will sue online travel companies, Washington Business Journal, 3-22-11
- Online Travel Companies Owe Hawaii $170 Million In Unpaid Taxes, Honolulu Civil Beat, 3-23-11
- Online carpetbaggers fleece Florida, St. Petersburg Times (editorial), 4-7-11
- Stop penalizing local businesses, The Tampa Tribune (editorial), 4-9-11
- Stop unfair tax breaks for companies, The Florida Times-Union (Guest Column), 4-21-11
- Tax revenue lost from online hotel tax exemptions hurts state's economy, The St. Augustine Record (Opinion), 4-24-11
- Documents released on online travel dispute show companies' tax avoidance plan, St. Petersburg Times, 5-2-11
- Hotels blast so-called 'Expedia bill', WTSP News 10, 5-3-11
- Court - Websites stiffed Atlanta on hotel taxes, Altlanta Journal-Constitution, 5-16-11
- Flagler bed-tax lawsuit against online travel firms proceeds, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 5-19-11
- Georgia Court Unseals Master's Report Critical of Expedia in Hotel Sales Tax Case, BNA, 5-24-11
- Report - Expedia dodged taxes owed to state and local governments across the country, Daily Report, 5-31-11
- Documents here from the online travel company tax dispute, St. Petersburg Times, 6-11-11
- Corporate tax cheats cost Florida millions, St. Petersburg Times (editorial), 6-14-11
- Free-market pols should go after taxes, Orlando Sentinel, 6-14-11
- S.A. awaits payout from hotel tax suit, San Antonio Express-News, 7-6-11
- Texas Cities Win Stand Against Online Travel Companies, CityBiz Real Estate, 7-6-11
- Case brings hidden OTA practices to light, HotelNewsNow, 7-13-11
- Md. officials go after taxes from travel websites, Baltimore Sun, 7-21-11
- Online travel sites shortchanging Florida, St. Petersburg Times (op-ed), 8-1-11
- Sponseller - What online travel agencies cost S.C., The State (op-ed), 8-21-11
- Are online travel companies cheating on sales tax, Historic City News, 9-22-11
- Anne Arundel joins fight for more hotel tax revenue, Baltimore Business Journal, 9-30-11
- County bill targets online travel sites, Annapolis Capital, 10-12-11
- Is Expedia Stealing From its Customers, Forbes, 11-17-11
2010
- Franklin County officials worry about loss of hotel tax to websites, Chambersburg Public Opinion, 1-12-10
- Supreme Court can settle bed-tax collections dispute, Beaufort Gazette, 2-25-10
- Tourism tariffs, The Post and Courier, 6-7-10
- Four-Star Hotel, Two-Star Tax, CQ Weekly, 7-12-10
- Online hotel taxes, Winston-Salem Journal Opinion, 7-12-10
- Online companies ordered to pay hotel taxes to Atlanta, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 7-23-10
- Cities, Websites And Hotels At Odds Over Taxes, NPR, 7-30-10
- Why Same Hotel Rooms Generate Different Tax Bills, NPR, 7-30-10
- Ruling - City owed 21.2M in hotel tax case, San Diego Daily Transcript, 8-4-10
- Gov. Schweitzer sends revenueres after more out-of-state firms, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, 8-30-10
- Schweitzer sends revenuers after more out-of-state firms, Billings Gazette, 8-30-10
- Schweitzer sends revenuers after more out-of-state firms, Flathead Beacon, 8-30-10
- North Myrtle Beach settles on past taxes, The Sun News, 10-19-10
- Cities, states in hotel tax war with Orbitz, Expedia, others, USA Today, 10-22-10
- Judge thwarts Expedia's bid to duck NYC tax law, Crain's New York Business, 10-29-10
- Online booking causes tax war, Salisbury Daily Times, 11-1-10
- Oklahoma sues online travel companies over hotel room taxes, The Oklahoman, 11-3-10
- State sues online travel companies over taxes, Billings Gazette, 11-8-10
- State sues online travel companies for unpaid taxes, Ravalli Republic, 11-8-10
- Guest opinion - Online travel firms should pay state taxes like Montana businesses do, Billings Gazette, 11-19-10
- Internet Hotel Tax Fight, Bloomberg TV, 12-1-10
- D.C., Virginia to battle online travel sites for tax dollars, Washington Examiner, 12-20-10
- Montgomery sues online travel vendors over tax payments, Washington Post, 12-23-10
2009
- Florida counties battle online companies over bed taxes, Miami Herald, 1-31-09
- Cities and States Press Travel Sites to Collect Hotel Taxes, New York Times, 2-16-09
- Sacramento says online travel sites may owe millions, Sacramento Business Journal, 3-13-09
- D.C. could be losing hotel taxes to online companies, Washington Business Journal, 5-29-09
- An Online Travel Agency OTA Litigation Squeeze Play, Gerson Lehrman Group, 6-2-09
- It May Be 'Bon Voyage' for a Travel Site's Fee, New York Times, 6-6-09
- Ga. Supreme Court rules against online travel agencies, Atlanta Business Journal, 6-15-09
- Columbus wins Expedia lawsuit, Columbus (GA) Ledger-Examiner, 6-16-09
- Rulings Threaten Expedia, Rivals With Paying Millions in Damages Wall Street Journal, 6-17-09
- Palm Beach County tax collector sues online travel companies, South Florida Business Journal, 7-31-09
- Localities Enacting New Taxes On Hotel Room Charges, Business Travel News, 8-17-09
- Expedia, Hotwire reach settlement with consumers, Travel Weekly, 8-24-09
- Lawrence County officials sue hotel booking Web sites, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9-9-09
- Columbus wins case vs. online companies, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 10-5-09
- Internet-based Hotel Room Wholesalers Lose Class Action Lawsuit Over Unpaid Hotel Occupancy Taxes - Jury Awards 20 million to 170 Texas Cities, Hotel Online, 10-30-09
- Texas cities win 20M verdict in tax case, Dallas Business Journal, 11-2-09
- Texas cities win case over hotel Web sites, Austin Business Journal, 11-2-09
- Florida Attorney General sues Expedia, Orbitz over lost taxes on hotel rooms, Naples Daily News, 11-3-09
- Jury sides with Texas cities in lawsuit against online hotel booking companies, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 11-3-09
- State sues Internet travel companies, South Florida Business Journal, 11-3-09
- Florida sues Expedia, Orbitz over taxes, Miami Herald, 11-4-09
- Hotel Occupancy Tax Alert Update - Transient occupancy tax litigation by cities and local governments continues to mushroom, Hotel Online, 11-6-09
- Hotels.com, Travelocity mired in tax battle, Dallas Business Journal, 12-4-09
- County's 100M suit against online travel sites moves forward, Orlando Business Journal, 12-11-09
- Alabama cities sue internet travel companies over lodging taxes, WBRC TV, 12-14-09
- Birmingham, Eight other cities sue Internet travel sites for lodging tax, The Birmingham News, 12-14-09
- More Cities Sue Online Travel Websites, WTVM, 12-14-09
- Push for online travel brokers to pay Florida hotel tax continues, South Florida Business Journal, 12-18-09
- Intermediaries sue New York City over new hotel tax, Travel Weekly, 12-22-09
- Lawmakers Want to Tax Internet Travel Firms, The Ledger, 12-23-09
- Does the Roaming Gnome Owe Florida More in Taxes, Jacksonville Observer, 12-28-09
2008
- Lyndhurst is suing travel websites for its local hotel tax, The Star Ledger, 6-25-08
- Web Spawns Suits Over Hotel Tax, Wall Street Journal, 7-24-08
2007
2006
- San Diego sues online hotel booking sites over bed taxes, San Diego Union Tribune, 2-9-06
- Houston Looks Again at Suing Online Travel Companies for Uncollected Hotel Occupancy Tax, Houston Chronicle, 6-2-06
2005
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