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Originally Posted by blueash
Further review of this document, http://sumtercountyfl.gov/DocumentView.aspx?DID=1844
Go down to page 30 and you will see the budget of the Tourist Development Tax 5 year Plan. Expenses planned for 2012-13, 13-14,14-15, and 15- 16 all show 60,000 to go to The Villages Sumter Landing/Brownwood entertainment. So this IS a recurring item and for most of those years represents over 1/3 of the total spending on "Promotion/Advertising/Single Events/Reoccuring Events"
Additionally there is a 10,000 per year allocation for advertsing with The Villages Media Outlet. The contract is between the county and "The Villages of Lake Sumter, Inc" and notifications go to Barbara Vesco for the Contractor with title Director Entertainment/Special events. There is nothing in this contract to indicate that the Vescos independantly own anything rather that they direct or manage it. |
I did find this line item in the document linked above:
REVENUES
Tourist Development Tax revenues are generated by overnight guests staying in Sumter County RV
parks/campgrounds, hotels, motels and condominiums. As a rule, any short term lodging of six months or less is
subject to the two percent tax in addition to Sumter County’s sales tax. Collections are received through the
Florida Department of Revenue and returned to the County on a monthly basis for the County’s use. Sumter
County records this revenue in a separate Tourist Development Tax fund.
This is Sumter Co's "bed" tax and the line in bold appears to open the door to collecting bed tax on short term rentals in TV. I know a TV rental landlord in Sumter co and will ask if they are required to collect a separate 2% bed tax on short term rentals.