Bergen County does not impose a county-level lodging tax. Short-term rental hosts must collect New Jersey's 6.625% sales tax, 5% state occupancy fee, and any applicable municipal hotel tax of up to 3% under N.J.S.A. 40:48F.
Under the New Jersey Transient Accommodations Law (P.L. 2018, c. 49), short-term rentals booked through online marketplaces or directly are subject to the 6.625% sales tax and 5% state occupancy fee. Many Bergen County municipalities, including Hackensack and Fort Lee, have adopted the local 3% hotel and motel occupancy tax authorized under N.J.S.A. 40:48F-1. Marketplace facilitators like Airbnb and Vrbo collect and remit state taxes automatically, but direct bookings require host registration with the Division of Taxation and quarterly filing. Bergen County itself does not levy an additional county-level tourism or hotel tax on lodging.
Failure to collect or remit transient accommodation taxes results in penalties up to 25% of unpaid tax, plus interest and possible criminal liability for willful evasion.
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