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Hotels & Lodging in Waterloo, IA (2026)

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

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Transient Occupancy Tax

The City of Waterloo, Iowa imposes a 7% hotel and motel tax on gross receipts from renting rooms in hotels, motels, inns, rooming houses, tourist courts, and other transient lodging, under Waterloo City Code section 1-8A-1. Stays longer than thirty-one consecutive days are exempt, and the Iowa Department of Revenue collects and administers the tax alongside state sales tax law.

Waterloo Hotel and Motel Occupancy Tax

Some Restrictions

Waterloo City Code § 1-8A-1

There is hereby imposed by ordinance of the city council a hotel and motel tax at a rate of seven percent (7%) upon the gross receipts from the renting of any and all rooms, apartments or sleeping quarters in any hotel, motel, inn, public lodging house, rooming house or tourist court, or in any place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to transient guests for rent, whether with or witho...

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