Santa Fe, NM Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Combined tax rate
- 7% of gross taxable rent
- Occupancy tax portion
- 5%
- Convention center fee
- 2%
- Long-stay exemption
- 30+ consecutive days of lodging
- Reports due
- 25th of each month
Summary
Santa Fe charges a combined 7% lodgers' tax on hotels, motels and other short-term lodging: a 5% occupancy tax plus a 2% convention center fee on gross taxable rent, per City Code Section 18-11.4. Stays of 30 or more consecutive days, and rent under $2 a day, are exempt.
There is imposed an occupancy tax of five percent (5%) and a convention center fee of two percent (2%) for a total of seven percent (7%) of gross taxable rent for lodging at a taxable premise within the city of Santa Fe paid to vendors.
Full Breakdown
3 as a hotel, motel or other lodging premises that is not the vendee's household or primary residence, language that reaches short-term rentals as well as traditional hotels. 4 sets the combined rate at 7% of gross taxable rent: a 5% occupancy tax plus a 2% convention center fee. 9. Reports and payment are due by the 25th of each month for the prior month's receipts, though a vendor averaging under $1,000 a month in taxable rent, with no more than two late payments in the last eight periods, may apply to report quarterly instead.
8 exempts guests who have been permanent residents of the premises for at least 30 consecutive days, or who have a written agreement for at least 30 consecutive days of lodging, along with government, religious, charitable and medical lodging and rent under $2 a day. 17, at least half the tax's first three percentage points, and at least a quarter of the rest, funds tourism advertising and promotion, the fourth point funds nonprofit arts, the fifth point funds the convention center, and revenue collected on a stay's 31st day and beyond is dedicated to the affordable housing trust fund.
Violations & Fines
Failing to register, collect or remit the lodgers' tax exposes a vendor to civil penalties, a lien on the tax owed, and criminal sanctions under Sections 18-11.11 and 18-11.12; a vendor's failure to collect the tax from a guest does not excuse the vendor from owing it to the city under Section 18-11.9(D).
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