Alaska Cruise Ship Head Tax

The association which represents nine cruise lines agreed to drop its suit if the state lowered the head tax by 1150.

Alaska cruise ship head tax. The Alaska Senate approved a measure today which will lower Alaskas head tax on cruise ship passengers by at least 1150 a passenger from 46 to 3450. The attorney generals office has been trying to settle the case as Parnell sought to reduce from 46 to 3450 the tax on cruise ship passengers and allow for deeper offsets for local head taxes. The citys 5 cruise ship passenger head tax came first back in 2000.

Alaska imposes an excise tax on travel on commercial passenger vessels CPVs typically cruise ships that have 250 or more berths and provide overnight accommodations in the states marine waters. The Alaska State Division of Elections reported that voters have approved a state initiative a ballot measure that levies a 50 head tax on cruise passengers. CLIA Alaskas Chairman Charlie Ball said the industry is concerned that cruise lines wouldnt be able to deduct Ketchikans head tax from the state passenger fee which is capped at 3450.

The catch is that these rates dont fluctuate with your cruise fare. The city levies a separate 3 per-passenger fee to cover capital improvements to the downtown waterfront for the provision of service to the cruise ship industry In April 2016 the Cruise. That he said would add to the cost of cruise ships calling into Ketchikans downtown berths by 9 per passenger.

In 2019 the Ketchikan City Council decided to raise local cruise ship head taxes effective April 2021. In case cruise ship passengers stop in Port Ketchikan Revillagigedo Island Alaska in 2021 they are likely to pay an extra US2 in head taxes. And that raised a question about a tax break the industry gets from a state cruise ship head tax.

Alaska cruise ship head tax cut approved. Count this one as a big win for Carnival and it subsidiaries Princess Cruises and Holland America Line which are the major polluters of Alaskas waters. Cruise Industry to Sue Alaska over Head Tax According to an NBC affiliate in Alaska the cruise lines have had enough and a lawsuit against Alaskas 50-per-passenger head tax is imminent.

In an article entitled Sources. Bringing the tax down to the new figure helps delete the portion that cannot be spent in Alaskas port towns and goes to other state infrastructure projects. An association of cruise-ship companies filed a lawsuit Friday challenging Alaskas head tax on the approximately 1 million cruise-ship passengers who visit Alaska each year.