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Summit takes look at local-option tax in Montana

September 12, 2008 /

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For a local-option tax to win legislative approval, it must reduce local property taxes, share revenues with surrounding areas and be marketed as a tax targeted at tourists, panelists said Thursday.

That was the consensus of speakers at a summit in Helena by the Billings Chamber of Commerce/Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The chamber sought to develop ideas to build support for passing a local-option tax at the 2009 Legislature. A local-option tax, usually a sales tax, is one put on the ballot by a local government that must be approved by local voters.

Larry Swanson, director of the O’Conner Center for the Rocky Mountain West http://www.crmw.org , said local governments "aren’t growing hog wild." Some are struggling to keep up with the rapid population growth.

By CHARLES S. JOHNSON
Gazette State Bureau

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/09/12/news/state/45-summit.txt

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