Hotels & Lodging in Bucks County, PA (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Bucks County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Bucks County charges a 5% lodging room rental tax on every hotel, motel, inn, guesthouse or bed-and-breakfast stay countywide. Ordinance No. 158 set the rate effective January 22, 2019, under state Act 18 of 2016 and Act 109 of 2018, with the County Treasurer collecting the tax from operators.
Bucks County Hotel Tax Is 5% of Rent
Some RestrictionsBucks County Ordinance No. 158, § B
The lodging room rental rate of tax shall be 5% of the consideration received by each operator of a hotel within Bucks County from each transaction of renting a room or rooms to accommodate travelers, visitors or those residing in the room(s) temporarily. Execution of this Ordinance shall be governed by Act 18 of 2016 and Act 109 of 2018, both enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
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