Expect a $250 annual county registration fee, Seminole County's 5% Tourist Development Tax on stays of six months or less (FS 125.0104), and Florida's 6% transient rental sales tax. Booking platforms often collect the bed tax for you.
Seminole County charges a $250 annual vacation-rental registration fee, with the County's portion deposited into the Seminole County Affordable Housing Trust Fund per LDC Sec. 30.1374. Separately, the County levies a 5% Tourist Development (bed) Tax under FS 125.0104, first authorized by County Ordinance 93-7 (adopted May 25, 1993), on the total rental amount for accommodations rented for six months or less; it is remitted to the Seminole County Tax Collector by the 20th of the following month. Florida also imposes its 6% transient rental sales tax. Hosts must register with the Florida Department of Revenue and open a local tourist-tax account, unless a peer-to-peer platform (such as Airbnb or Vrbo) remits those taxes on the owner's behalf.
Failure to collect or remit the Tourist Development Tax is enforced by the Seminole County Tax Collector under FS 125.0104 and Ordinance 93-7; registration violations fall under LDC Sec. 30.1376.
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