Hotels and other transient lodging in Erie must collect the Erie County hotel room rental tax, currently 7%, administered by the Erie County Department of Finance. The county tax stacks on the Pennsylvania 6% state hotel occupancy tax under 72 P.S. Β§7210, for a combined 13% rate on every taxable room-night in the City of Erie. Operators register with the County and file periodic returns.
Pennsylvania's Third Class County Convention Center Authority Act and related local tax authority allow Erie County to impose a hotel room rental excise tax on the consideration paid for any room rented for less than 30 consecutive days. Erie County's hotel room rental tax is currently set at 7%, with revenue dedicated to tourism promotion (VisitErie / Erie County Convention Center Authority) and county tourism infrastructure. The tax is administered by the Erie County Department of Finance, and 'hotel' under the ordinance includes hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, and (consistent with PA Department of Revenue guidance under the state-level hotel-occupancy tax) most short-term rental dwellings rented for less than 30 consecutive days. The City of Erie does not impose its own separate municipal occupancy tax. The state-level 6% hotel occupancy tax under 72 P.S. Β§7210 applies on top of the Erie County 7%, for a combined 13% rate on every taxable room-night in Erie. Hotels must register with both the PA Department of Revenue (for the state tax) and the Erie County Department of Finance (for the county tax). Exemptions include stays of 30 consecutive days or longer by the same guest, certain government and nonprofit stays, and stays paid directly by a tax-exempt organization with form REV-1220.
Late filings under the Erie County hotel-tax ordinance carry penalty and interest charges, and the County Department of Finance can assess unpaid tax plus penalty. Failure to collect or remit hotel tax can lead to assessment, lien, and revocation of the hotel's authorization to operate within Erie County. PA state hotel occupancy tax violations under 72 P.S. Β§7268 carry a 25% civil penalty plus interest, and willful failure to file can be charged as a third-degree misdemeanor under 72 P.S. Β§7269.
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