US EditionNew Hampshire Investigating Vail Resorts over Potential Epic Pass Sales Tax
Officials say the company’s 3.2% pass surcharge may amount to an illegal sales tax in a state without a statewide sales tax.
- Governor Kelly Ayotte announced on Monday that the New Hampshire Attorney General is investigating Vail Resorts for allegedly collecting a "blended sales tax" on Epic Passes sold to state residents.
- Earlier this year, Vail disclosed it would apply a 3.2% surcharge to all multi-resort passes, which the company says covers out-of-state jurisdictions including Colorado and Washington State.
- The $1,089 Epic Pass provides unlimited access to four ski areas in New Hampshire, including Attitash Mountain and Mount Sunapee; the $662 Northeast Value Pass offers similar resort access.
- Attorney General John Formella is investigating whether the company violates state laws, though spokesperson Courtney DiFiore claims the surcharge covers legally required obligations for resorts outside the Granite State.
- New Hampshire is one of five states with no sales tax and one of nine with no income tax, making Ayotte's investigation into what supporters fear undermines the "New Hampshire Advantage" politically significant.
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NH launches investigation into Vail Resort’s Epic ski pass ‘blended sales tax’
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said the state Attorney General’s office will investigate Vail’s use of a blended sales tax for skiers in New Hampshire, despite the state lacking such a tax.
Ayotte to Vail Resorts: Read Our Lifts — No New Taxes
If Vail Resorts is planning to charge and collect a sales tax in New Hampshire, then it must be on a Rocky Mountain high. That’s the message from Gov. Kelly Ayotte and her attorney general, who launched a formal investigation into Vail Resorts on Monday in response to the company’s implementation of a “blended sales tax” scheme for its popular Epic Pass products. The investigation focuses on whether the Colorado-based resort giant is effectively…
Ayotte: NH AG Investigating ‘Vail’s Not-So-Epic Sales Tax’
CONCORD, N.H. – Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte announced that the State, through the Office of the Attorney General, has opened an investigation into Vail Resorts’ implementation of a sales tax in the State of New Hampshire while selling their “Epic Pass” to Granite Staters. “New Hampshire is proud to have no sales tax, and we’re not going to let an out-of-state company try to sneak one in,” said Governor Ayotte. “The Attorney General will thoroug…
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