Short-term rentals in Avondale owe transient lodging transaction privilege tax. Operators remit Arizona state TPT, the Maricopa County transient lodging excise, and Avondale's city transient lodging tax, all filed through the Arizona Department of Revenue. The STR license fee is capped by state law at $250.
Stays under 30 days in Avondale are taxable transient lodging, not exempt long-term residential rental. Operators must collect and remit transaction privilege tax (TPT) under the transient lodging/hotel classification, filed with the Arizona Department of Revenue, which administers state, county and city lodging taxes together. The tax stack on a short-term lodging stay in Avondale includes the Arizona state TPT transient lodging components, the Maricopa County transient lodging (bed) tax, Avondale's city privilege tax on transient lodging, plus an additional city bed/lodging tax. Older published bed-tax tables show Avondale's combined transient lodging rate (city, county and state combined) above 11 percent; because lodging rates change, operators should confirm the current Avondale rate with the Arizona Department of Revenue rate tables or the city Finance Department before pricing stays. Note that Arizona repealed the tax on long-term residential rentals (30+ days) effective January 1, 2025, but that repeal does not apply to transient/short-term lodging, which remains fully taxable. Separately, the short-term rental license itself is a regulatory fee; under A.R.S. 9-500.39 a city may charge no more than $250 (or its actual cost, whichever is lower) for the STR permit or license.
Failing to license with the Arizona Department of Revenue for TPT, or under-collecting transient lodging tax, exposes operators to back taxes, interest and penalties assessed by ADOR. City license violations carry Avondale's ordinance penalties (reported $500 to $3,500 per violation) and possible license suspension.
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