Hotels and short-term rentals in Travis County collect a combined hotel occupancy tax of roughly fifteen percent, including six percent state and up to nine percent municipal in Austin, plus a venue tax for tourism and convention projects.
Texas Tax Code Chapter 156 imposes a six percent state hotel occupancy tax on stays under thirty days. Austin layers a nine percent city HOT and a two percent venue project tax under Tax Code Chapter 351, bringing combined rates to about seventeen percent inside city limits. Unincorporated Travis County collects through state remittance only when it has not adopted a county HOT under Chapter 352. Operators register with the Texas Comptroller, file monthly returns, and keep records four years. Short-term rental platforms typically collect and remit on behalf of hosts.
Failing to register, collect, or remit hotel occupancy tax results in interest, penalty up to fifty percent of tax due, and Comptroller hearings; willful evasion can become a state jail felony for large amounts.
Travis County, TX
Travis County does NOT levy a county hotel occupancy tax on STRs. Operators pay 6% Texas state HOT to the Comptroller plus any city HOT (Austin 11%, Bee Cave...
Travis County, TX
Travis County does not require a short-term rental permit in unincorporated areas. Incorporated cities (Austin, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Pflugerville) each license...
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