Hartford hotel and short-term rental stays carry the Connecticut statewide 15 percent lodging tax under Connecticut General Statutes section 12-407, which preempts any separate municipal hotel occupancy tax in the city.
Connecticut General Statutes section 12-407 imposes a statewide sales tax of 15 percent on the rental of any hotel, motel, lodging house, or short-term rental of fewer than 30 consecutive days. The Department of Revenue Services collects the tax and remits a portion to municipalities through the general fund formula rather than via a separate local hotel tax. Hartford, as state capital with several major hotels including the Marriott Downtown and Hartford Hilton, generates substantial lodging tax revenue. Short-term rental hosts on platforms like Airbnb must register with DRS and collect the tax, although platform agreements often handle this automatically. Stays of 30 plus consecutive days qualify as residential and are exempt.
Failing to collect lodging tax, unregistered short-term rental host, miscategorized stay length, no DRS account, missing remittance, undisclosed platform fees.
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