Baldwin Park, CA Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 10% of rent charged
- Transient definition
- 30 consecutive days or less
- Registration deadline
- Within 30 days of starting business
- Remittance due
- Last day of month after each quarter
- First delinquency penalty
- 10% of tax owed
- Fraud penalty
- Additional 25% of tax owed
Summary
Baldwin Park charges a 10% transient occupancy tax on rent paid by any guest staying 30 consecutive days or less in a hotel, motel, or similar lodging. Operators collect it at the time rent is paid and remit it to the City Manager quarterly.
For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of 10% of the rent charged by the operator. The tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient to the city which is extinguished only by payment to the operator or to the city. The transient shall pay the tax to the operator of the hotel at the time the rent is paid.
Full Breakdown
062 sets the tax at 10% of the rent an operator charges a transient. 061 as anyone occupying space for 30 consecutive calendar days or less under a permit, license, or similar right of access; longer stays fall outside the tax unless there is no written agreement extending occupancy. 061 to include any hotel, inn, motel, tourist home, studio or bachelor hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, or mobilehome or house trailer at a fixed location used for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, so short-term rental hosts operating within city limits fall under the same definition as traditional hotels.
065 that must be posted conspicuously on the premises; the certificate itself is not a business permit. 064, and cannot advertise that the tax will be absorbed or waived. 066, and the City Manager can require shorter reporting periods. 063, covering occupancies beyond the city's taxing power and federal, state or treaty-exempt foreign officials on official business, but only on a claim made under penalty of perjury at the time rent is collected.
Violations & Fines
An operator who fails to remit tax on time owes a 10% delinquency penalty under § 35.067(A), plus a second 10% penalty if the remittance is still unpaid 30 days after it first became delinquent under § 35.067(B). If the City Manager determines nonpayment was due to fraud, an additional 25% penalty applies under § 35.067(C), and interest accrues at 0.5% per month on the unpaid tax under § 35.067(D). All penalties and interest merge into the tax debt itself under § 35.067(E), and enforcement also runs through the general penalty at § 35.999.
Frequently Asked Questions
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