Hotels & Lodging in Highlands County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Highlands County, Florida.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Highlands County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Highlands County levies a five percent tourist development tax on rentals of six months or less at hotels, motels, apartments, mobile home parks, RV parks and condominiums throughout the county, incorporated and unincorporated alike. Section 8-220 breaks the rate into four separately authorized components, and the Florida Department of Revenue collects and remits the tax under Section 8-221.
Highlands County 5% Tourist Development Tax
Some RestrictionsHighlands County Code § 8-220(a)
Pursuant to the authority of Section 125.0104, Florida Statutes, Highlands County does levy and impose throughout the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Highlands County, Florida, a tourist development tax at a rate of five percent of each dollar and major fraction of each dollar of the total consideration charged every person who rents, leases or lets for consideration any living quarter...
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