Bellflower, CA Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- $10 per unit, per year
- Applies to
- guest-room and transient rentals
- Exemption
- owner-occupied single housekeeping unit
- Late penalty
- 25%/month, capped at 100%
Summary
Anyone renting a residential unit in Bellflower, Los Angeles County, including a guest room to a short-term or transient guest, must pay a $10 annual per-unit business license tax, separate from any hotel occupancy tax owed.
Every person owning one or more residential units and carrying on the business of renting any such unit to others, whether or not the residential unit or units are contained within one or more single-family homes, duplexes, apartment houses or rooming houses, or any combination thereof, shall pay an annual license tax of $10 per unit. […] In addition, any operator who rents a guest room to anyone, including a transient, shall also be subject to the annual license tax.
Full Breakdown
Bellflower Municipal Code § 5.08.200 taxes every person who owns a residential unit and rents it to others, houses, duplexes, apartments or rooming houses, at $10 per unit per year, payable to the City Tax Collector under the business license system (BMC Ch. 5.04). The section expressly extends the tax to any operator who rents a guest room to anyone, including a transient, reaching short-term rental hosts who rent rooms or units for stays under 30 days. Units where the owner of record occupies the property and all occupants form one housekeeping unit are exempt. This per-unit tax is separate from the City's 9% transient occupancy tax on hotels.
Violations & Fines
Late payment draws a 25% penalty per month, capped at 100% of the tax owed (BMC § 5.04.230); operating without the required license is a misdemeanor under BMC Ch. 1.08 (BMC § 5.04.280).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the same as the hotel occupancy tax?
Does renting out a spare room to short-term guests count?
Sources & Official References
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