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

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A lifeguard watches the ocean in Ocean City, Maryland. (ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp/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 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp since 1996. Kelleher joined ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµapp.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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