April Orange County, FL Resort Tax Collections Down 16% from March

ORLANDO, FL--County Comptroller Martha Haynie (top right photo) announced resort tax collections received by the County in May for the hotel collection month of April 2009 were $13,342,500.

Resort taxes are charged on short-term rentals, mostly hotels and motels.

Comptroller Haynie noted that April 2009 collections were 16 percent lower than April 2008.

“However, it is probably more useful to look at March and April together, as the dates for spring breaks shift from year to year and can skew a month to month comparison,” Haynie points out.

'When we compare March and April 2009 to the same two months in 2008, the 2009 'spring season' was about 22 percent lower. While this is hardly cause for celebration, it is a bit better than the almost 30 percent declines we saw earlier this year," Haynie adds.

Contact: Martha O. Haynie, (407) 836-5690