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Podcast: Spartanburg City News
Episode: A deep, nerdy dive into the City's Hospitality Tax
Description: When we here in local government are looking for an indicator of how the economy in Spartanburg is doing, one of the first metrics we turn to is Hospitality Tax. The two percent tax paid on prepared food and beverages is an excellent barometer for consumer spending in our city and the growth seen in H-Tax revenue over the past several years has corresponded well with what is anecdotally pretty clear to anyone paying attention; our city's business community is strong and growing. Beyond what it can tell us about the local economy though, H-Tax is an important portion of...