ARGUMENT AGAINST AMENDING THE CITY’S TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX BY INCREASING THE RATE FROM 8% TO 12% AND ADDRESSING ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANY AND THIRD PARTY BOOKINGS.
This is a tax on residential homes, mobile homes, apartments, and any building a person can stay in. It’s not just for hotels.
This tax could put a “black mark” on your home hurting the resale value. How would you like to explain to a potential buyer that there is a special Stanton city tax if they want to rent it out! This could decrease your selling price by tens of thousands of dollars!
Vote no on measure B.
Renting your home could cost you $4,000 a year in Stanton city taxes or more than $20,000 over a 5-year period!
Renting out a bedroom to make a few extra bucks could cost you $1,000 a year in Stanton city taxes or more than $5,000 over a 5-year period!
If you are elderly or disabled and use a service to hire live-in helpers you might have to pay $1,000 in Stanton city taxes every year.
If you are renting a room it could cost you $1,000 a year in Stanton city taxes.
Do you want the city inspecting your entire home because you are renting out a room?
Look, the city’s finances are not your problem. Bottom line is that our city council spent beyond their means again. Giving them more of your money is not going to solve their problem.
Don’t you feel like our city council is holding us hostage? Seems like they are always threatening to cut our safety services if we don’t give in to their demands. How many times have they done this? Is this how you want to live your life with constant threats from City Hall!
Vote no on measure B.
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