Alaska Cruise Ship Head Tax

And that raised a question about a tax break the industry gets from a state cruise ship head tax.

Alaska cruise ship head tax. The association which represents nine cruise lines agreed to drop its suit if the state lowered the head tax by 1150. The citys 5 cruise ship passenger head tax came first back in 2000. Sales tax figures assume an average of 188 spent in each port of call.

US46 flat tax levied on every passenger per voyage another US4 tax is levied on the cruise ship for each berth to pay. Alaska cruise ship head tax cut approved. The Alaska State Division of Elections reported that voters have approved a state initiative a ballot measure that levies a 50 head tax on cruise passengers.

In 2006 Alaskans voted to pass an initiative Ballot Measure 2 which among several provisions levied a head tax on every visiting cruise ship passenger per voyage. If cruise lines pass this fee along to their passengers Alaska will charge cruise lines even more fees like a 33 tax on casino profits while ships are in. In 2006 Alaskans voted to pass an initiative Ballot Measure 2 which among several provisions levied a head tax on every visiting cruise ship passenger per voyage.

Cruises - Alaska to charge each cruise ship passenger a 50 head tax - According to USA Today within 90 days Alaska will charge a 50 fee per cruise passenger. Money collected from the head tax was to be appropriated by the legislature to municipalities to defray their cost of providing public services to cruise tourism. Cruise Ship Industry Files Suit Over Head Tax Channel 2 reports that cruise lines are trying to avoid the 46 infrastructure tax levied at Alaska ports which the cruise ships useThe cruise industry.

Of the 50 46 of it goes to maintaining the infrastructure of the cruise ports and the other 4 goes to the Alaska Ocean Ranger program that helps combat. Aug 27 2006. The city levies a separate 3 per-passenger fee to cover capital improvements to the downtown waterfront for the provision of service to the cruise ship industry In April 2016 the Cruise.

KTUU Channel 2 in Anchorage Alaska reports that the cruise industry has filed suit to avoid paying Alaskas head count tax. Since then 20 years of city finance documents show that. Money collected from the head tax was to be appropriated by the legislature to municipalities to defray their cost of providing public services to cruise tourism.