Taxes & Fees: Calverton vs Huntington

Suffolk County imposes a 3 percent hotel/motel occupancy tax under County Code Chapter 523 on all rentals under 30 days. Combined with NY State sales tax 4 percent and Suffolk County sales tax 4.625 percent, total STR tax burden is roughly 11.625 percent. Airbnb and Vrbo collect and remit county bed tax automatically.

Huntington STR operators must collect New York State sales tax of 8.625 percent (4 percent state plus 4.25 percent Suffolk County plus 0.375 percent MCTD) and Suffolk County hotel/motel occupancy tax of 3 percent for stays under 30 days. Huntington itself does not impose a separate bed tax.