Lodging tax revenues continue upward trend over last year

Lodging tax revenues for April were up from the same month last year county-wide according to the latest report from the Cook County Auditor-Treasurer’s office.

Lutsen-Tofte revenues for the year-to-date are up 12.4 percent over 2010 at this time. Grand Marais year-to-date revenues are up 5.8 percent. And the Gunflint Trail revenues for the year are up 12.2 percent.  Overall, lodging tax revenues county-wide are up 11.6 percent for the year-to-date.

The Auditor’s office emphasizes that not all businesses report taxes at the same time each year and revenues are an “apples-to-apples comparison.” That means only businesses which reported lodging tax revenues both in April of this year and last year are included in the monthly accounting.