VAIL — Eagle County Commissioner Peter Runyon is proposing a tax on ski-lift tickets to help pay for roads, work in the forests or employee housing.
Runyon is suggesting a statewide use tax on the tickets and has asked Colorado Counties Inc., a lobbying group, to push a provision allowing counties to levy the tax. Lift tickets are exempt from sales taxes but should be subject to some kind of taxation, Runyon says.
“Exempting the ski industry from sales tax was put forward in the ’60s when the ski industry was very small and the state legislature wanted to encourage and promote it,” Runyon said. “I would argue that the ski industry is very much on its feet and has probably grown a few extra feet.” Voters would have to approve a new tax. A call left with the trade group Colorado Ski Country USA wasn’t immediately returned Saturday. The Associated Press
