Court Rules Only Amount Paid for Hotel Reservation Subject to Bed Tax

1. The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the tourist development tax does not apply to the total amount charged by online travel companies for hotel reservations.

2. Counties can only tax the actual amount paid by the online travel company to secure the hotel reservation, not the total amount paid by the customer.

3. The Court determined that the tax should be imposed only on the lower amount that hotels receive from online travel companies for the rent of their rooms.

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