Tax Articles

Sales and Lodging Tax Basics
This section provides an overview of sales & lodging tax requirements for vacation rentals.

Zoning! Restrictions on Vacation Rentals
This section provides a background on a growing issue in the Vacation Rental industry, municipalities or HOA's that restrict or prohibit vacation rentals.

Examples of how Vacation Rental Taxes Work
This section gives a couple specific examples of how state and local Vacation Rental taxes work.

Why is Vacation Rental tax Compliance Important
We offer our thoughts on why tax compliance is important to you and the industry.

Back Taxes--What to do About Periods Where You Didnt Collect the Taxes
Most states have programs that allow for taxpayers to become compliant and catch-up on periods where the tax should have been collected and paid, but was not.

FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions

VR Taxes in the News

Legislators Revisit Tax Hikes to Help Plug Gaps in Hawaii Budget
Honoluluadvertiser.com- Honolulu, HI  (03/23)
The state House used a combination of spending cuts, state worker layoffs, special-fund diversions and tax increases to balance the two-year budget...

Council Hikes Hotel, Property Taxes
GlobeSt.com- New York City, NY  (12/26)
Residential property taxes will go up by 7% and the per-room hotel tax will temporarily increase by 0.875% after the City Council’s 33 to 18 vote Thursday to approve both increases...

Bed Tax (Increase) Ok'd to Pursue Low Cost Airline
Newsherald.com- Panama City Beach, FL (2/22)
The Bay County Commission voted Tuesday morning to add a fifth cent to the bed tax, which the Tourist Development Council will use to try to bring a low-cost airline to the county's new airport.....

Bill Would Create Local Option Tourism Tax in Montana Communities
NewWest.net-Bozeman, MT (03/23)
Voters may have the chance to decide whether their local governments can impose a local sales tax if a bill moving through the Montana State Senate makes it through the Legislature......

Commission Votes YES on Fourth Penny for TDC
KeysNet- Monroe County, FL (3/21)
It took all of a couple minutes, but Tourist Development Council Director Harold Wheeler said the Monroe County Commission's Wednesday approval of a fourth-penny bed tax ...

Room Tax Gaining  Favorability on Beacon Hill (Mass.)
Wickedlocal.com, Massachusetts  (12/26) 
....the state government is also looking for cash. That’s why proponents of expanding the room occupancy tax are optimistic the state Legislature will pass a bill allowing the taxation of short-term condominium and home rentals...

Washington County Officials Create First Occupancy Tax
PostStar.com- Fort Edward, NY  (01/09)
The Washington County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an occupancy tax this morning at its final regular meeting of the year.....

Commission Votes to Raise Hotel/Motel Tax to 5 Percent
Blount Today- Blount County,TN  (12/26)
The Blount County Commission on Thursday, Dec. 18, voted to increase the hotel/motel tax from 4 cents to 5 cents.....

Snowmass Village to Stick with Increased Tax Rate
Steamboat Pilot & Today- Snowmass Village, CO, USA  (12/8)
Snowmass Village retailer Barbara Bakios-Wickes doesn’t think residents and guests will drive elsewhere to buy goods when the town’s sales tax rises beyond 10 percent....

Vacation Rental Denials Overturned
Mount Desert Islander-Bar Harbor, ME  (03/23)
The plain language of the town’s 2006 ordinance regulating vacation rentals is not plain enough. That was the conclusion the board of appeals reached Tuesday night before voting to grant three requests to overturn decisions to deny property owners vacation rental permits...

SF to Collect Hotel Tax...
KCBS.com, San Fransicso, CA (12/26)
Visitors checking out of San Francisco hotels will notice something extra on the bill starting January first...