St. Louis hotel guests pay roughly 17% in combined taxes — city hotel/convention tax, St. Louis County tax for some properties, Missouri state sales tax, and a Convention and Sports facility surcharge.
Hotel rooms in the City of St. Louis carry a stack of taxes that combine to roughly 17% of the room rate. The components include the city's hotel/motel room tax, the Convention and Sports Facility tax (which helps fund the dome and convention center), Missouri state sales tax (MO §144), and local sales tax. Properties physically inside the city pay the city stack; properties in St. Louis County (a separate jurisdiction) pay the county equivalent. The Collector of Revenue audits hotels and short-term rentals, and Missouri's STR statute (MO §67.187) requires platforms to collect and remit the same taxes.
Failure to collect or remit hotel taxes, under-reporting room nights, or operating an unregistered short-term rental can trigger back taxes, penalties under MO §144, and city license action.
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