This is the real county-level rule. Ohio law (ORC 5739.09) lets a county levy a lodging excise tax, and Hamilton County's total lodging tax is 7.5%, charged to every transient guest. Cincinnati adds its own 7% STR excise tax.
Under ORC 5739.09, a board of county commissioners may levy an excise tax not to exceed three per cent on lodging furnished to transient guests, with additional tiers authorized by later divisions. Hamilton County's total county lodging tax is 7.5%, charged to every transient guest occupying sleeping accommodations. A guest becomes non-transient (and tax-exempt) after 30 or more consecutive days. Under ORC 5739.01, a hotel means an establishment with five or more rooms used for guests, so a small single-home rental may fall below the state's hotel threshold even while a city STR tax still applies. Cincinnati separately imposes a 7% excise tax on STR gross revenue.
Operators who fail to collect, file, or remit the county lodging tax face assessment of the tax due plus interest and penalties under the county's lodging-tax regulations and ORC 5739.
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