Short-term stays in Lima are taxed as lodging. The City levies a Hotel-Motel Tax under Codified Ordinances Chapter 890 (authorized by Ohio R.C. 5739.02(C)), and Allen County levies a lodging excise tax of about 4.75%. An STR that meets Ohio's 'hotel' definition or serves transient guests (stays under 30 days)
Lima has no separate STR tax; instead, short-term lodging falls under the general lodging-tax framework. Ohio Revised Code 5739.09 authorizes a county to levy an excise tax on lodging furnished to transient guests by a hotel, and R.C. 5739.02(C) is the authority Lima cites for its own Hotel-Motel Tax in Chapter 890 of the Codified Ordinances. Allen County's lodging tax rate is reported at 4.75%, which includes an added 3.0% component tied to the county's soldiers' memorial, per Ohio Department of Taxation data. Ohio R.C. 5739.01(N) defines a transient guest as a person occupying a room for sleeping accommodations for fewer than thirty consecutive days, so most Airbnb/Vrbo stays are taxable transient lodging. Booking platforms may collect and remit some
Failure to collect and remit the required Hotel-Motel Tax is enforceable by the City under Chapter 890, and unpaid county lodging tax is collectible by Allen County; both may add interest and penalties. Operators should register with the taxing authority
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