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This is an excerpt from today's Las Vegas Advisor Question of the day...

Casino winnings — theirs, not yours — are taxed at 7.75%

uncashed slot vouchers: Three-fourths of their total value is confiscated by the state, with the balance defaulting to the casino.

Car rentals are taxed at 10%... In Clark and Washoe counties, each imposes an additional two percent

There's a state sales tax, two percent,

Other retail-based imposts are the Local School Support Tax, a 2.6% levy

Then there's a half-percent Basic City-County Relief Tax.

One-and-three-quarter percent of sales tax is designated as the Supplemental City-County Relief Tax, for which local governments have to qualify by means of a statutory formula. Cities and counties have the discretion of imposing their own sales taxes (of which we’re about to see an example). For instance, heading north, once you step across Sahara Avenue to have dinner at Lucky Dragon Casino, the tax on your purchase will be higher than if you’d stayed south of Sahara and eaten in unincorporated Clark County at SLS Las Vegas.

Then there’s the hotel tax. In Las Vegas' "primary gaming corridor" it’s 13.3%

Finally, if you’re a property owner, the state collects 17 cents on every $100 in assessed value,

And, after all that, the casinos hit you with resort fees, phone bills (even if you never pick up the phone) and, lately, parking fees.