Originally Posted by cbalaska
However, I do take exception to the corporate income tax, 33% take of casino revenues, disclosure of commission rates for land-based tour options (shore excursions) and the cruise ranger, or whatever it is they call the state's environmental watchdog employee who they have to give a free cabin to on every sailing in Alaska waters, These are unprecedented in the cruise industry and just plain greedy. I don't think most Alaskans get it about the potential economic impact to them.
Most taxes on tourists and travellers to a state are greedy. But that doesn’t stop states from happily collecting them.
My pet peeve is the gut-wrenching taxes that many cities and states hit us with under the veil of “occupancy taxes” on hotel rooms and “airport recovery fees” on rental cars.
Not much we can do as visitors to the state. We certainly can’t vote the legislators out of office.
They know this and have us over a barrel.