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Online Travel Agencies Win Ruling on Florida Hotel Taxes
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Expedia Inc. and other online travel agencies should be taxed on what they pay for hotel rooms, not for what they charge customers for those accommodations, a Florida state appeals court ruled.
In a 2-1 decision upholding a lower-court ruling, the Florida First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee said yesterday that the Tourist Development Act doesn’t apply to what a company collects from customers who reserve rooms online.