Sangamon County Board Approves Hotel-Motel Tax for BOS Center Expansion

Local hike on Springfield hotels ups rate to second highest in state - Regional Media News

(The Center Square) - A new tax set to be imposed will soon make hotel rooms in Springfield the second-most taxed in the state, behind the city of Chicago. Debate over the new tax saw economic development pit against a burden the tax could place [...]

Local hike on Springfield hotels ups rate to second highest in state

(The Center Square) – A new tax set to be imposed will soon make hotel rooms in Springfield the second-most taxed in the state, behind the city of Chicago.

Sangamon County Board Approves Hotel Tax to Fund BOS Center Expansion – Sangamon Reporter

The additional tax would bring Springfield's combined hotel tax rate to approximately 17 percent, the second-highest in Illinois behind Chicago. Opponents have also questioned whether increasing lodging costs could make Springfield less attractive to convention organizers when competing against communities including Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Rockford and the Quad Cities.

Sangamon County Board approves hotel-motel tax for BOS Center expansion

The board voted 20-5 to pass the 3% hotel tax

Sangamon County Board OKs 3% tax hike to fund BoS Center expansion

SPRINGFIELD, IL — Seeing the expansion of the Bank of Springfield (BoS) Center as “the front porch and living room of the city’s downtown,” the Sangamon County Board Sept. 1 gave approval for a 3% hotel-motel tax to be used exclusively for that project. Designed to attract larger conventions and... The post Sangamon County Board OKs 3% tax hike to fund BoS Center expansion appeared first on Blue Water Healthy Living.