Green Bay, WI Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 10% of gross lodging receipts
- Due date
- 20th of following month
- Late filing penalty
- $100 forfeiture per late return
- Delinquency penalty
- 25% of prior tax or $5,000
- State authorization
- Wis. Stat. § 66.0615
Summary
Green Bay levies a 10% room tax on gross receipts from hotel and motel lodging, collected from guests and remitted monthly to the City Treasurer under Municipal Code § 38-20.
Pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 66.0615, a tax is imposed on the privilege of furnishing at retail rooms or lodging to customers by hotel keepers, motel operators, and other persons furnishing accommodations that are available to the public irrespective of whether membership is required for the use of the accommodations. Such tax shall be at the rate of ten percent of the gross receipts from such retail furnishing of rooms or lodging. Such tax shall be collected from the customer when the customer's bill is paid and shall be paid by the person responsible to the City Treasurer on a monthly basis. Such tax shall not be subject to the selective sales tax imposed by Wis. Stats. § 77.52(2). The proceeds of such tax shall be remitted to and received by the Treasurer monthly on or before the 20th day of the following month.
(Code 1984, § 6.16(2))
Full Breakdown
Every hotel keeper, motel operator, or other lodging provider in Green Bay must collect a 10 percent room tax on gross rental receipts and remit it to the City Treasurer by the 20th of the following month. Operators must first obtain a room tax identification number from the Treasurer, keep receipts and records open to audit, and file monthly returns along with an annual return within 90 days of year-end. The tax applies to any short-term lodging offered to the public, membership-based or not, so short-term rental hosts furnishing rooms for pay fall under the same requirement.
Violations & Fines
Failing to file a return on time draws a $100 forfeiture per late filing; delinquent tax carries a forfeiture of 25 percent of the prior year's tax due or $5,000, whichever is less.
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