Hotels & Lodging in Kankakee County, IL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Kankakee County, Illinois.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Kankakee County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Kankakee County imposes a 5 percent tax on gross rental receipts from renting hotel and motel rooms in the unincorporated county and in any municipality that has not adopted its own hotel tax. The definition of hotel or motel explicitly reaches short-term rentals booked through Airbnb and VRBO.
Hotel-Motel Tax in Kankakee County
Some RestrictionsKankakee County Code § 50-67(a)
(a)A tax is imposed upon persons engaged in the business of renting, leasing or letting rooms in a hotel or motel, at the rate of five percent of the gross rental receipts from such renting, leasing, or letting, excluding, however, from gross rental receipts, the proceeds of such renting, leasing, or letting to permanent residents of that hotel or motel.
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