Gardena imposes an 11 percent transient occupancy tax on stays of 30 days or less under Municipal Code Chapter 3.16, and home-sharing hosts must collect and remit it monthly. The one-time Home-Sharing Permit fee is $1,337, plus a business license and a required transient occupancy registration certificate.
Gardena's transient occupancy tax is set by Municipal Code Chapter 3.16 at eleven percent (11%) of the daily room rate, collected from each lodger for occupancy of any 30-day period or less. Chapter 5.76 subjects all home-sharing hosts to Title 5 business-license rules and to Chapter 3.16, including paying the TOT and holding a registration certificate. The host is ultimately responsible for collecting and remitting the tax to the Revenue and Collections Office monthly, even if a platform offers to remit on the host's behalf. The permit fee is $1,337, and hosts must carry a business license. California has no statewide transient occupancy tax; the 11 percent rate is a city tax only.
Failing to collect, report, or remit the transient occupancy tax violates Chapter 3.16 and can trigger penalties, interest, and jeopardize the home-sharing permit.
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