Hotels & Lodging in Hillsborough County, FL (2026)
1 county-level rule, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Hillsborough County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Hillsborough County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Hillsborough County levies a 6% tourist development tax on hotel, motel and other short-term rentals of six months or less, county-wide.
Hillsborough County Tourist Development Tax
Some RestrictionsHillsborough County Code of Ordinances, Part A, Sec. 46-240(a)
There shall be levied and imposed throughout the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Hillsborough County, Florida, a tourist development tax at a rate of six percent of each whole and major fraction of each dollar of the total rental charged every person who rents, leases or lets for consideration any living quarters or accommodations in any hotel, apartment hotel, motel, resort motel,...
Hotels & Lodging by City in Hillsborough County
1 cities in Hillsborough County have their own hotels & lodging rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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