Johns Creek, GA Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 7% of guestroom rent
- Effective since
- occupancies after Dec. 1, 2006
- Collected by
- the hotel operator
- Return/payment due
- 20th of following month
- Late penalty
- 10% plus 1%/month interest
Summary
Johns Creek levies a 7 percent excise tax on the rent charged for every hotel or motel guestroom occupancy within city limits, collected by the operator and remitted to the city monthly.
There is imposed, assessed, and levied, and there shall be paid an excise tax of seven percent of the rent for every occupancy of a guestroom in a hotel in the city. The tax shall be paid on any occupancy after December 1, 2006, within the city limits. Exemption. The tax imposed by this article shall not apply to charges or transactions excluded or exempted from the tax by state law.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 50-44 imposes a 7 percent excise tax on the rent paid for every guestroom occupancy in a Johns Creek hotel, motel, inn, cabin, or similar lodging, effective for any occupancy after December 1, 2006, within the city limits; charges exempted from the tax under state law are excluded. Operators must register with the city under Sec. 46-46 [50-46], collect the tax from occupants, and file a monthly return with payment due by the 20th of the following month; a timely-paying operator may keep 3 percent of the tax collected as a processing fee.
Violations & Fines
Late payment draws a 10 percent penalty plus 1 percent monthly interest under Sec. 50-49; other violations of this article are punished under the citywide general penalty, Sec. 1-7.
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