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JLF Report Critiques Possible 50 Percent Occupancy Tax Hike for Haywood
RALEIGH — Haywood County would place its local hospitality businesses at a competitive disadvantage with those in surrounding counties, if local and state officials move forward with a proposal to raise the county's occupancy tax rate by 50 percent. That's one key conclusion in a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report. The report also questions Haywood's need for additional tax revenue, along with the process county officials would use to raise the tax rate.
