Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond said this past March, Tourist Development Tax collection was $7 million higher than it was in 2019, and at $38,568,500, it was a 118.2% increase compared to ...

Orange County Assessor Claude Parrish is facing two challengers in his bid for a third term running the office that handles valuation and tax bills for home and business properties, personal and ...

Orange County, which has already broken a number of monthly tourism tax collections records in 2022, is continuing that streak after earning the highest annual collections ever in the fiscal year.

Waterford administers a good chunk of the 2,500 workforce units in Orange County. Other assessors watching. The assessor in San Diego County also is charging the tax, while assessors throughout ...

Some Orange county homeowners said they are worried about the economic blow higher property taxes could deliver. Assessors appraised homes an average of 23 to 25 percent higher than four years ago.