Burlington STR hosts must collect Vermont's 9% Rooms tax plus the city's 1% local option rooms tax on every booking, in addition to paying annual STR registration fees set by the Permitting Department.
Vermont 32 V.S.A. Sec. 9241 imposes a 9% state Rooms tax on stays under 30 days, and Burlington layers a 1% local option rooms tax under 24 V.S.A. Sec. 138, both remitted monthly through the Vermont Department of Taxes myVTax portal. Airbnb and Vrbo collect and remit on hosts' behalf for direct bookings, but hosts using their own websites or off-platform deals must register for a Vermont meals and rooms account. Burlington's STR registration fee runs roughly $187 annually for Home Stay tier rentals.
Failing to remit rooms taxes triggers state-level penalties of 5% per month plus interest, and Burlington can suspend STR registration for unpaid local option taxes.
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