Cedar Park, TX Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- STR definition source
- § 10.03.008, Definitions
- Tax owed
- Same 7% hotel rate
- Non-permanent occupant
- Under 30 consecutive days
Summary
Cedar Park's code folds short-term rentals into its hotel occupancy tax: renting all or part of a residence to a non-permanent occupant is taxed as a 'hotel' under Article 10.03's definitions.
Hotel.A building or any other facility in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for consideration. The term includes, but is not limited to, a hotel, motel, tourist home, tourist house, lodging house, inn, roominghouse, bed and breakfast, trailer house, trailer motel, and short-term rental. The term does not include hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, university or college dormitories, or oilfield portable units, as defined by Texas Tax Code section 152.001, as amended. Permanent resident.A person who has the right to use or possess a room, bed, space, or any other sleeping facility in a hotel for at least 30 consecutive days, so long as there is no interruption of payment for the period. Person.Shall have the meaning ascribed by section 1.01.004 of this Code, as amended. Quarter or quarterly period.Quarters of the calendar year, the first quarter being January 1–March 31, the second quarter being April 1–June 30, the third quarter being July 1–September 30, and the fourth quarter being October 1–December 31. Short-term rental.The rental of all or part of a residential property to a person who is not a permanent resident. Tax.The hotel occupancy tax levied in this Article pursuant to chapter 351 of the Texas Tax Code, as amended. (Ordinance CO23-18-04-26-E1 adopted 4/26/18)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).
Full Breakdown
The hotel occupancy tax article's definitions section expressly lists 'short-term rental' -- the rental of all or part of a residential property to a person who is not a permanent resident -- within the meaning of 'hotel.' That places short-term rental operators under the same 7% occupancy tax, collection duty, and quarterly reporting requirements that apply to traditional hotels and motels citywide, with no separate STR licensing scheme set out in this article.
Violations & Fines
An operator who fails to collect, report, or remit the tax on short-term rental stays faces the same class C misdemeanor exposure as any other hotel, fined per section 1.01.009, with each day a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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