A group of Georgia cities and counties has suffered a major loss in its quest to recoup millions in what it says are back taxes owed by online travel companies.
The Dec. 13 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit means the travel companies don’t have to pay the localities taxes they allegedly collected from customers. A three-judge appeals court panel said that the localities hadn’t shown the travel companies actually collected taxes on the retail rates they charged customers and that it was unnecessary to ask the Georgia Supreme Court to offer further guidance on what remedies the localities had.
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