Hotel Guests in Connecticut Pay the Highest State Lodging Tax
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Get ready to pay high lodging taxes in New England, and possibly high taxes in other states that leave the decision to tax hotel room rentals up to municipalities or counties.
Cities in California and New York may have some of the highest hotel lodging taxes, but when it comes to what states charge for these taxes, other parts of the country dig deeper into guests' wallets.
Connecticut had the highest state lodging, or occupancy, tax rate, 15%, of any state in 2013, and that was highlighted in the 2014 HVS Lodging Tax Report, which looked at lodging taxes across the
