Long Beach charges a 12% Transient Occupancy Tax on hotel, motel, and short-term lodging stays under 30 days. Operators collect from guests at registration and remit monthly to the city Treasurer.
Long Beach Municipal Code Chapter 3.64 imposes a 12% TOT on the rent paid by transient guests staying fewer than 30 consecutive days at hotels, motels, inns, bed-and-breakfasts, and short-term rentals citywide. Operators must register with the city, collect the tax at the point of payment, file monthly returns, and remit collected amounts to the Long Beach Financial Management Department. Revenue funds general fund services and tourism promotion. Stays of 30 nights or longer become exempt occupancies. The Aquarium of the Pacific, Queen Mary, and downtown convention hotels generate substantial TOT receipts annually.
Failure to collect, remit, or register triggers penalties, interest, and potential audit. Willful evasion is a misdemeanor with possible criminal referral and license revocation.
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