Borough may extend sales tax to onboard cruise ship shops

Juneau has done it the past three years. The city of Ketchikan and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough will start doing it this year.

And Wrangell may do it too.

“We’re considering it,” Borough Manager Mason Villarma said of amending Wrangell municipal code to require cruise ships and tour boats to collect sales tax on goods and services they sell while in port.

Juneau changed its code in 2021 to apply to onboard sales when the ship is tied up at the dock or in Gastineau Channel in front of town. Both the city and the borough of Ketchikan changed their respective codes last month to start collecting...