Columbia’s hotel lodging tax creating some revenue
Columbia voters approved a hotel lodging tax in 2016, and now the city has specific numbers about how much that tax is bringing in.
So far in 2017, the city has collected $452,740. Here is the amount brought in, broken down by month.
February: $36,524
March: $44,639
April: $54,991
May: $51,325
June: $55,645
July: $64,848
August: $72,851
September: $71,914
The tax was designed to generate funds for building a new terminal at the Columbia Regional Airport.
You can read more on our previous reporting of this tax here.
