Hotels & Lodging in El Paso, TX (2026)
1 verified hotels & lodging rules for El Paso, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Transient Occupancy Tax
El Paso levies a 7% hotel occupancy tax on rooms costing $2 or more a day under Section 3.12.020, plus a separate 2% additional tax for the city's approved venue project under Section 3.12.021: a combined 9% on qualifying rooms. Guests staying 30 or more consecutive days without a break in payment are excluded as "occupants" and owe neither tax.
El Paso Hotel Occupancy Tax Rate
Some RestrictionsEl Paso City Code §§ 3.12.020, 3.12.021, 3.12.070(A)
3.12.020 - Tax imposed—Rate: "There is levied a tax upon the cost of occupancy of any room or space in a hotel, when such cost is at the rate of two dollars or more per day, such tax to be equal to seven percent of the consideration paid by the occupant of such room of such hotel." 3.12.021: "In addition to the tax levied in Section 3.12.020, there is levied an additional tax upon the cost of o...
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