Pay to attract more tourists, or to lower property taxes?
Here’s a rhetorical question for Montanans: would you rather state government spend public money on things like billboards in Chicago to attract more tourists, or use that money to lower your property taxes?
I know exactly how my constituents in the Flathead Valley would answer that question and I’m sure their opinion is shared by other Montanans. That’s why I’m bringing a bill in the upcoming legislative session to change how the state uses money collected from lodging taxes and car rentals.
For years, tourists and Montanans alike have paid a tax on their hotel stays and rental cars. It’s one of the only ways Montana – without having a sales tax – can collect revenue from the millions of tourists who visit our state every year.
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