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Hotels & Lodging in Council Bluffs, IA (2026)

1 verified hotels & lodging rules for Council Bluffs, Iowa, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Transient Occupancy Tax

The City of Council Bluffs imposes a 7% tax on gross receipts from renting rooms in any hotel, motel, inn, public lodging house, roominghouse or tourist court, plus any other place furnishing sleeping accommodations to transient guests, under Council Bluffs Municipal Code Section 2.04.010. Iowa's Director of Revenue, not the city treasurer, collects and enforces the tax under Section 2.04.020.

Council Bluffs Hotel and Lodging Tax

Some Restrictions

Council Bluffs Municipal Code §§ 2.04.010, 2.04.020

Upon the effective date of this ordinance, there shall be a tax at the rate of seven percent imposed upon the gross receipts from the renting of any and all rooms, apartments, or sleeping quarters in any hotel, motel, inn, public lodging house, roominghouse, or tourist court, or in any place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to transient guests for rent, whether with or without meals,...