Ada County STRs (stays of 30 days or less) owe Idaho's 6% state sales tax plus the 2% state travel-and-convention tax. Properties inside the Greater Boise Auditorium District also owe a 5% GBAD lodging tax, roughly 13% total.
Idaho imposes the travel and convention tax on 'occupants of hotel and motel rooms for stays of 30 days or less. It also applies to vacation-home rentals and overnight stays at private campgrounds.' The rate is 2%, on top of the 6% Idaho sales tax. STRs within the Greater Boise Auditorium District (much of the Boise metro in Ada County) owe an additional 5% GBAD auditorium-district tax. All are stay-length-based (30 days or less); lodgers who stay more than 30 continuous days are exempt. Airbnb and Vrbo collect some of these automatically; operators register and remit through the Idaho State Tax Commission.
Unremitted lodging taxes accrue penalties and interest assessed by the Idaho State Tax Commission and the auditorium district; sustained non-payment can trigger audit and collection action.
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Ada County has no ordinance banning backyard composting. Home compost piles are allowed, but they must not become a nuisance, attract rodents or vermin, or c...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating residential artificial turf. Installation on private property is generally allowed; check drai...
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Ada County does not require any particular landscape plants and does not ban native or xeric plantings. As long as growth is not an overgrown-weed nuisance o...
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Ada County has no ordinance banning rooftop rainwater collection. Under Idaho water law, capturing rain and snowmelt from your own roof for use on your prope...
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Ada County itself sets no residential watering schedule. In the Treasure Valley, outdoor irrigation typically comes from irrigation districts (Nampa-Meridian...
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Ada County declares overgrown weeds and grasses a public nuisance when they create a fire, safety or health hazard, or interfere with neighbors' use of their...
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