Online travel agencies must now pay higher taxes on room sales in D.C.


Skift Take

Online travel agencies have prevailed in most tax court cases around the country, but should future cases continue to tilt in favor of the state, travel companies will need to find a way to make up for the loss in revenue.

A D.C. Superior Court judge has ruled that online travel firms should pay taxes on the full retail price of hotel rooms that they sell to consumers. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"] P