Last week at Venetian, I charged a meal to my room. I had a food credit attached to the room and when I checked out, I saw that they did not remove the tax.

I spoke to a number of Venetian/Palazzo people who said that's how it is, that even though it's considered a comp, you still end up paying the tax.

I don't recall this being the case at a Caesars property, but there I usually use points and tax comes off. And for the annual 7 Stars trip with the $500 resort credit, I don't pay attention since I don't usually reach that limit. (Of course, they don't make it easy to itemize, since the folio is just blank.)

Does anyone know why this might be true (assuming it's true)? Seems to me a comp is a comp, and tax should always come off. If that's not the case, we'd be paying taxes on free rooms...


--max