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Cost of staying in Ocean City may increase as Worcester Co. considers room tax hike

lifeguard in Ocean City
A lifeguard watches the ocean in Ocean City, Maryland. (²ÝÝ®´«Ã½/Colleen Kelleher)

Staying in Maryland’s Ocean City could get more expensive at the start of 2020.

The room tax you pay may go up to 5% from 4.5%.

Worcester County Commissioners will hold a Aug. 20.

You pay county room taxes for any hotel, motel or condo you rent in Worcester County. Plus, you pay state sales taxes of 6%.

The cost for a $200 a night room at a hotel would go up from $221 to $222, if the combined taxes increase from the current 10.5% to 11%. Someone paying $1,000 for a rental would pay $110 in taxes, instead of the current $105.

The extra money generated would help cover the cost of special events in the Maryland resort.

Colleen Kelleher

Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ since 1996. Kelleher joined ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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