Schaumburg, IL Hotels & Lodging: Transient Occupancy Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Standard hotel/motel tax rate
- 8% of gross rental receipts
- Extended-stay tax (30+ days)
- $1,000 per 30-day period
- Enforcement officer
- Village finance director
- Return filing deadline
- Last day of month after reporting period
- Collector's compensation
- 1% of tax collected retained
- Record retention required
- 3 years
Summary
Schaumburg taxes hotel and motel room rentals at 8% of gross rental receipts, collected from the guest and remitted monthly to the finance director. Stays of 30 or more consecutive days are treated differently: a flat $1,000 charge per 30-day period instead of the percentage tax.
(A)A tax is hereby levied and imposed upon all persons engaged in the business of renting, leasing, or letting rooms in a hotel or motel in the village or making, booking, facilitating or servicing the leasing or renting of rooms in a hotel or motel in the village at a rate of eight percent (8%) of the gross rental receipts from such rental, leasing or letting. The ultimate incidence of and liability for payment of said tax shall be borne by the user, lessee or tenant of said rooms. The tax herein levied shall be in addition to any and all other taxes.(B)When the rental period exceeds a period of thirty (30) or more consecutive days, a tax is hereby levied and imposed upon all persons engaged in the business of renting, leasing, or letting rooms in a hotel or motel in the village or making, booking, facilitating or servicing the leasing or renting of rooms in a hotel or motel in the village at the rate of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each thirty (30) day period and any prorated fraction thereof.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 56 Update 1 | Policy Manual: Supplement 20).
Full Breakdown
050(A) levies an 8% tax on gross rental receipts from renting, leasing, or letting rooms in a hotel or motel in Schaumburg, including bookings made or facilitated by online travel companies; the ultimate liability rests with the guest, not the operator. 00 for each 30-day period (prorated for a partial period) rather than the 8% rate. 051 defines "hotel" and "motel" broadly enough to reach "hotels, inns, motels, tourist homes or courts, lodging houses, rooming houses, apartment houses, and short-term rentals, as defined and regulated under the village Code," so a Schaumburg short-term rental is taxed under this same 8% hotel/motel tax rather than a separate rate. Rooms leased to the same occupant for more than 30 consecutive days are exempt from the tax under that same definition. 053(B)). 053(C)). 057).
Violations & Fines
Failing to pay the tax when due, or failing to file the required monthly return, draws interest and penalty under § 36.170 (§ 36.055). The village attorney may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect unpaid tax (§ 36.054(A)), and after a hearing the village manager or designee may suspend or revoke every village license held by an owner, operator, or online travel company found to have willfully evaded the tax (§ 36.054(B)); that hearing must be noticed at least five days in advance and does not excuse the underlying civil liability for the unpaid tax.
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