Airbnb, Vrbo, and other booking platforms must collect Orange County tourist development tax and Florida sales tax on Orlando short-term rentals, and share booking data with the city for code enforcement.
Orlando rentals under 30 days are subject to Florida's 6.5% sales tax plus Orange County's 6% Tourist Development Tax (combined ~12.5%). Major platforms remit these taxes directly under voluntary collection agreements. Orlando also receives quarterly listing data showing addresses, host identities, and night counts to flag unregistered properties. Florida §509.032 (2024) limits how aggressively cities can require platform-level enforcement, but Orlando's grandfathered framework preserves data-sharing authority. Hosts remain ultimately liable if platforms fail to remit taxes or if listings violate the primary-residence rule.
Failure to collect or remit ~12.5% combined hotel taxes triggers Florida Department of Revenue audits; misrepresenting addresses to evade Orlando registration draws code citations and platform delisting.
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