Hillsborough County reels in record-setting amount of bed taxes

Coffers swelled by more than $6 million in May, a nearly 52% increase from the same month last year.

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Hillsborough County collected more than $6.07 million in tourism development taxes, also known as bed taxes, in May.

 

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