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Ark. Code Ann. § 26-63-402

Tourism tax — Definitions

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case HOTELS.COM, L.P. HOTWIRE, INC. TRIP NETWORK, INC. (D/B/A CHEAPTICKETS.COM) EXPEDIA, INC. INTERNETWORK PUBLISHING CORP. (D/B/A LODGING.COM) ORBITZ, LLC PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED (N/K/A BOOKING HOLDINGS, INC.) PRICELINE.COM, LLC TRAVELOCITY.COM, L.P. (N/K/A TVL LP) TRAVELWEB, LLC AND SITE59.COM, LLC v. PINE BLUFF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION COMMISSION, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCk, ARKANSAS, AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED And the STATE OF ARKANSAS (2024)

Most recently applied in HOTELS.COM, L.P. HOTWIRE, INC. TRIP NETWORK, INC. (D/B/A CHEAPTICKETS.COM) EXPEDIA, INC. INTERNETWORK PUBLISHING CORP. (D/B/A LODGING.COM) ORBITZ, LLC PRICELINE.COM INCORPORATED (N/K/A BOOKING HOLDINGS, INC.) PRICELINE.COM, LLC TRAVELOCITY.COM, L.P. (N/K/A TVL LP) TRAVELWEB, LLC AND SITE59.COM, LLC v. PINE BLUFF ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION COMMISSION, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS, AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED CITY OF NORTH LITTLE ROCk, ARKANSAS, AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED And the STATE OF ARKANSAS (May 2024)

Acts 2007, No. 182, § 1; 2019, No. 822, § 25.

In addition to the gross receipts tax levied by the Arkansas Gross Receipts Act of 1941, § 26-52-101 et seq., and the compensating use tax levied by the Arkansas Compensating Tax Act of 1949, § 26-53-101 et seq., there is levied a tourism tax at the rate of two percent (2%) on the gross proceeds or gross receipts derived from the following:

(1) The service of furnishing a: Condominium, townhouse, or rental house to a transient guest; and

(2) Guest room, suite, or other accommodation by a hotel, motel, lodging house, tourist camp, tourist court, property management company, an accommodations intermediary, or any other provider of an accommodation to a transient guest.

(3) As used in this subdivision (1): “Accommodations intermediary” means a person other than the owner, operator, or manager of a room, suite, condominium, townhouse, rental house, or other accommodation;

(4) “Furnishing” means brokering, coordinating, making available for, or otherwise arranging for the sale or use of a room, suite, condominium, townhouse, rental house, or other accommodation by a purchaser; and

(5) “Transient guest” means a person that rents an accommodation, other than the person's regular place of abode, on less than a month-to-month basis;

(6) A camping fee at a public or privately owned campground, except at a federal campground;

(7) The following items offered for rent by a boat dock, marina, canoe or raft rental business, or other business engaged in the rental of watercraft: Watercraft;

(8) Boat motor and related boat motor equipment;

(9) Life jacket or cushion;

(10) Water skis; or

(11) Oar or paddle; and

(12) The admission price to a tourist attraction.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.