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Old 03-01-2013, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by LndLocked View Post
Just so everyone is clear ..... the 9% is made up of a 7% sales tax and a 2% short term rental fee (less than 6 mos).

The 7% is made up of a 6% State of Fla sales tax and a 1% county supplemental sales tax (this varies by county) and goes into the state's & county's gen tax revenue.

The 2% county short term rental fee (also known as a "bed tax") is typically used to fund a county's Tourist Development Board. That was the $$$ used by Sumter Co. to fund the now infamous "Brownwood entertainment grant".
I don't think I had heard of the "Brownwood entertainment grant" nor why it was "infamous". Would you please elaborate?