There is no countywide STR registration in Berks County. You do, however, register for the Berks County Hotel Room Excise Tax and the PA Sales/Hotel Occupancy Tax. Some municipalities (e.g., Bern Township) also require a local rental registration.
Berks County requires operators renting hotel rooms — including qualifying short-term rentals — to register with the County Treasurer for the Hotel Room Rental Tax and remit monthly. Separately, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue requires a Sales, Use, and Hotel Occupancy Tax License unless a booking platform collects the state tax for you. On the land-use side, registration is municipal: Bern Township, for example, requires a short-term rental permit and lists the Berks County Hotel Room Excise Tax Certificate and PA Sales and Use Tax Permit among application documents. The county itself does not run a countywide STR registry.
Failure to register for the county hotel tax means late fees and interest on unremitted tax; missing a required municipal registration triggers local code enforcement.
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