Several local tax rate changes take effect in Wyoming on April 1, 2015.
Sales and use tax
- Campbell County decreases sales and use tax to 5%.
- Crook County imposes a 1% special purpose tax for a combined state and local rate of 6%.
- Johnson County imposes a 1% special purpose option tax for a combined rate of 6%.
- Washakie County imposes a 1% general purpose option tax for a combined rate of 5%.
Lodging tax
- Campbell County: the sales, use and lodging rate is 7%.
- Crook County: the combined lodging and sales tax rate increases to 8%.
- Greybull: the lodging tax increases to 3%. The combined lodging and sales and use tax rate is 8%.
- Johnson County has a combined sales, use and lodging tax rate of 8%.
- Natrona County: the lodging tax rate will increase to 4%. The combined sales, use and lodging tax rate is 9%.
- Sweetwater County: the lodging tax rate will increase to 3%. The combined sales, use and lodging tax rate is 9%.
- Washakie County: the combined sales, use and lodging tax rate is 9%.
New tax district
Effective April 1, 2015, the new Grand Targhee Resort District has a 2% resort district and a sales and use tax rate of 8%. The combined sales, use and lodging tax rate is 10%.
The Wyoming Department of Revenue reminds that the “2% Resort District tax is only collected by the vendors physically located within the boundaries of the resort district.” Additional information is available in the March 2015 edition of Taxing Issues.
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