Montana charges an 8% lodging facility sales and use tax (4% use tax plus 4% sales tax) on rentals under 30 days. This statewide tax applies across Yellowstone County. Yellowstone County levies no separate county-wide lodging or resort tax.
Montana imposes a combined 8% Lodging Facility Sales and Use Tax on short-term accommodations, made up of a 4% Lodging Facility Use Tax under MCA Title 15, Chapter 65 and a 4% Lodging Sales Tax under MCA Title 15, Chapter 68. The tax applies to the total amount the purchaser pays for accommodations rented for fewer than 30 continuous days; stays of 30 continuous days or more to the same purchaser are exempt. Yellowstone County does not add a county-wide lodging or resort tax (Montana resort taxes exist only in qualifying resort communities, not applicable here). Operators must collect the state tax and remit it to the Montana Department of Revenue.
Unpaid lodging tax is collectible by the Montana Department of Revenue with penalties and interest; the tax is a debt owed to the state and officers can be personally liable.
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