Lafayette Parish, LA Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)

Chapter 73 (Short-Term Rentals) was adopted by the Lafayette City Council on September 5, 2023, and took effect January 1, 2024, with operator licensing required beginning April 1, 2024. Each STR must hold both an LCG Short-Term Rental license and a Sales and Use Tax license; the documented STR license fee is $100 per year, with the license itself valid for two years and renewable. Failure to timely apply for, obtain, or maintain a valid STR license forfeits any nonconforming-use rights. State-level lodging taxation under La. R.S. Title 47 imposes a 4.45% state sales tax and a 4% state hotel-occupancy tax on rentals of less than 30 consecutive days; Lafayette Parish adds local sales tax (parish portion 3.00% as of Oct 1, 2025, with a combined parish-area rate of 6.25% per LATA), and the City of Lafayette levies its own city sales tax and a city lodging/occupancy tax collected and remitted through the Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) Sales Tax Office. Airbnb collects and remits Louisiana state sales tax and state hotel-occupancy tax on the host's behalf in most cases; local taxes generally remain the operator's responsibility unless a parish-level platform agreement exists. Confirm the exact current combined sales-and-occupancy rate, filing frequency, and any city lodging tax with LPSS at (337) 521-7353 and with the LCG Tax Division.