Milwaukee County does not impose a room tax. Short-term stays in the county carry a 3% basic room tax through the Wisconsin Center Tax District (7% additional in the City of Milwaukee), plus the 5% state and 0.9% county sales tax on lodging.
Under Wis. Stat. 66.0615, only a municipality, defined as a city, village, or town, may impose a room tax; counties are not authorized to levy one, so Milwaukee County charges no county room tax. Lodging in the county is instead subject to a local exposition room tax for the Wisconsin Center Tax District, created by the City of Milwaukee to cover municipalities within Milwaukee County. The Wisconsin Department of Revenue administers it: a 3% basic room tax applies districtwide, plus 7% only within the City of Milwaukee. These taxes are authorized under Wis. Stat. 66.0615 and 229.42 to 229.44. Short-term lodging also carries the 5% state sales tax and the 0.9% county sales tax.
Failure to register with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and remit the exposition room tax, or to collect state and county sales tax on taxable lodging, exposes the operator to unpaid-tax assessment, interest, and penalties under state law.
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