2F504D376343555B872588CA0058A46D Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2022A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For PRESENTATION ON LODGING TAXESINTERIM COMMITTEE SALES AND USE TAX SIMPLIFICATION TASK FORCEDate Sep 27, 2022 Location Old State Library Presentation on Lodging Taxes - Committee Discussion Only 10:08:14 AM Ed DeCecco, Office of Legislative Legal Services, gave background information related to local lodging taxes. 10:14:57 AM Gini Pingenot, Colorado Counties, Inc., provided information about local lodging taxes from a county perspective. She provided a map to the task force, which can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/lodging_excise_tax_2.... 10:21:04 AM Meghan Dollar, Colorado Municipal League (CML), and Leslie Edwards, Town of Frisco, provided information about local lodging taxes from a municipal perspective. According to CML surveys, approximately 41 municipalities have a local lodging tax. These tax rates range from 1 percent to 8 percent, with the average being 3 or 4 percent. 10:28:30 AM Ashley Hodgini, Expedia Group, provided information about local lodging taxes from Expedia's perspective. A letter submitted by Expedia to the task force on the issue in July can be found here: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/eg_co_suts_task_forc.... 10:35:15 AM Erin Neer, GovOS, provided information about the technology platform developed by GovOS to facilitate the remittance of local lodging taxes and the technology parameters to consider in this discussion. 10:37:31 AM Members of the panel responded to questions from the task force. Discussion ensued with Josh Pens, Department of Revenue, regarding potentially having the department collect lodging taxes. 10:50:44 AM Stephanie Gilfeather, Expedia Group, responded to questions from the task force regarding Expedia's experience in Colorado as compared to other states. 10:55:32 AM Mr. Pens and the task force continued to discuss local lodging taxes at the county level.