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By Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix
You hear a lot around Presidents Day and other patriotic holidays about how great democracy is and how important voting is. But in Florida, when a vote doesn t go the way big corporations like, our Legislature is ever eager to squash the voters wishes.
Sometimes, though, in their rush to crank up the steamroller for a good squashing, our legislators do something particularly boneheaded.
A good example is what s going on right now with Key West and cruise ships.
Until about a year ago, Key West was a busy town, its streets crowded with both tourists and chickens. But when the pandemic hit last year, a lot of the tourists disappeared (the chickens, of course, continue roaming unchecked).
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Tax Classification Issue in Sevier County Rightly Comes Down in Favor of Timeshare Owners
February 11, 2021 GMT
WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 11, 2021
On a critical tax issue that ARDA-Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC) intervened in on behalf of timeshare owners, filing amicus briefs in support of two appeals to the Administrative Appeals Commission (AAC), the AAC reversed the Tennessee Board of Equalization and ruled that timeshare properties “are, and should be classified as, residential, rather than commercial and industrial.” As a result of the ruling, timeshare owners in the area will now be appropriately assessed at the residential property tax rate of 25% of the assessed value of the property, rather than the substantially higher commercial rate of 40%.