Hotels & Lodging in Sarasota County, FL (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Sarasota County, Florida.
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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Sarasota County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Transient Occupancy Tax
Sarasota County levies a six percent Tourist Development Tax on hotels, motels, resort motels, apartments, roominghouses, mobile home parks, RV parks and condominiums rented for six months or less. The tax stacks six separate levies adopted between 1988 and 2022 and is collected by the County Tax Collector on top of state sales tax.
Sarasota County Hotel Tax: 6% Tourist Development Tax
Some RestrictionsSarasota County Code § 114-61(a), (f)
(a)Initial Two Percent Levy.(1)Pursuant to the authority of F.S. § 125.0104(3)(c), Sarasota County does levy and impose throughout the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Sarasota County, Florida, a TDT at a rate of two 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 quarters or ...
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