TAX MAN: The cruise fee quandary

TAX MAN: The cruise fee quandary

Litigation is still raging over the extension of our Transient Accommodations Tax to cruise ships in what has been called the “Green Fee” bill. And the Legislature is getting involved as well. In last year’s legislative session, as you may recall, the TAT was increased and broadened to include cruise ships. The cruise ship industry filed suit, leading to an end-of-year flurry of court activity. The cruise ship industry has pointed to the Tonnage…