Hotel Tax in the Virgin Islands

I was lucky enough to be able to testify at the Virgin Islands Legislature's Economic Forum, specifically with regard to Hotel Tax. If you have rented in the Virgin Islands, you may or may not have had to pay a hotel tax, depending upon whether the owner or manager of the property is properly adhering to the law.

See this excellent article from the Virgin Islands Source and reposted on our website:

http://stthomasre.com/st-thomas-virgin-islands-news/millions-in-vi-hotel...

If you are a vacation guest and looking to avoid such tax, it does happen. But hopefully the VI government will go after these delinquents. The territory is in a very poor economic condition, and if we cannot collect on taxes that are legally owed, then we will never be able to get out of this hole. So I encourage and beg tourists to work with reputable companies that not only collect the tax, but also pay it to the Government.