Columbus Ga Sued Expedia.com - more litigation

Oct. 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Columbus Ga government officials felt it necessary to sue Expedia.com back in 2006.  At issue was the amount of taxes collected and the room rate that Expedia paid taxes on.  The city and their lawyers felt that expedia should pay city taxes based on the monetary amount that the customers paid.  Expedia paid taxes on a lower advertised room rate.  Sounds like a no brainer.  The courts thought it was a no brainer.  Even the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the city's right to collect taxes on the true room rate.  Columbus won, Expedia lost.
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     Now City attornies are again resorting to litigation.  A motion has been filed in Superior Court to force Expedia to Re-list hotels and motels in Columbus properly. The bad boys (expedia) who were caught with their fingers in the city coffers years ago, have resorted to pushing the envelope again.  Currently these forward thinking entrepreneurs at expedia are misleading customers by listing local Columbus hotels in Phenix City Alabama.  Agreed Phenix City is just across the river and on any map never more than a matter of centimeters, but really Expedia grow up.  This is a disservice to your customers and just down right rude to the business owners of Columbus Ga.  The city is reasonable in their demands, if you want to do business pay the tax, or find a tax loophole, there are no legal ones.  Better yet open up a shop here in Columbus and apply for the city tax exmption.



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