Earlier today, I posted trends for hospitality tax revenue in several Mississippi communities that have implemented comprehensive smoke-free ordinances. Another way to look at these data is to place the hospitality tax revenue in the context of overall sales tax revenue. In the charts below, I provide trends for the hospitality tax as a percent of the total sales tax revenue. Note that the impact of the hospitality industry on the local sales tax revenue did NOT decrease for any of these communities after smoke-free ordinances were implemented.
Starkville
Hattiesburg
Tupelo
Ridgeland
