Longmont, CO Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 2% of lodging price
- Applies to
- stays under 30 days
- Filing deadline
- 20th of each month
- Collection fee
- 3%, capped at $100
- Revenue use
- tourism promotion only
Summary
Longmont levies a 2% lodgers tax on hotel and motel rooms and other short-term lodging, on top of the city's regular sales and use tax, and both the guest and the lodging provider can be cited for nonpayment.
There is levied and shall be paid and collected an excise tax of two percent on the lodging price paid for the leasing, rental or providing of any lodging services located in the city. This tax shall be in addition to the sales and use tax as established pursuant to chapter 4.04. It shall be a violation of this Code for any lodging customer of a hotel room, motel room or other accommodation located in the city to fail to pay, or for any lodging provider of such accommodation to fail to collect, the tax levied pursuant to this section.
Full Breakdown
Longmont Municipal Code § 4.05.020 levies a 2% excise tax on the lodging price for any room rented in the city for under 30 consecutive days: hotels, motels, and similar accommodations. The tax stacks on top of the city's general sales and use tax under chapter 4.04. Providers must hold a sales and use tax license (§ 4.05.050), file monthly returns with the Director of Finance by the 20th, and may keep 3% of collections, capped at $100, as a collection fee (§ 4.05.060). Revenue funds tourism promotion only, per § 4.05.040.
Violations & Fines
It is a violation of the code for a lodging customer to fail to pay, or a lodging provider to fail to collect and remit, the 2% lodgers tax, enforceable the same as any other municipal code violation.
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