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Relating to the calculation, collection, and remittance of state hotel occupancy taxes.
Estimated two-year net impact to general revenue related funds for HB 2889, committee report 1st House, substituted: a positive impact of $67,000,000 through the biennium ending August 31, 2023.
HB 2889 would expand applicability to the hotel occupancy tax to make it apply to any room or space in a hotel, including all charges related to cleaning, readying the room or space, furniture rental charges, and charges for reserving or booking a room or space. The bill does exempt charges for food, personal, and telecommunications services if those charges are itemized separately.