Local tourism will be the topic of the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon that is scheduled to take place Wednesday at the Sheridan Holiday Inn. Chamber CEO Dixie Johnson said that Sheridan Travel and Tourism Executive Director Shawn Parker will be the guest speaker at the luncheon.
The monthly luncheon will be from 11:30 am to 1 pm at the Holiday Inn Wednesday. Cost is $17 per person for a buffet style lunch.
So in 2018 we could have greeted our visitors with a low and inviting 5% sales tax. Instead we re-imposed the 1% mandatory tax and extended the 4% tourism tax county-wide. The net effect was slapping our visitors with a very un-welcoming 10% Total tourism/sales tax. We voted to go from a 5% tax to a 10% tax. And now they’re about to raise it to 15%. Just as the entire tourism industry hangs in the balance. 15% of nothing will always be nothing. Higher taxes always hurt Everyone!! When will we learn?