Montebello levies a transient occupancy tax on lodging of 30 days or less. The effective rate charged is 10 percent of rent, collected by the operator and remitted to the city, per Chapter 3.40 and the city's business services page.
Chapter 3.40 imposes the transient occupancy tax on the privilege of hotel occupancy by transients. MMC 3.40.030 codifies a consumer-price-index-adjusted rate (stated in the code text as thirty-seven percent), but MMC 3.40.130 suspends the portion above ten percent, and both the city's Online Business Services page and California State Controller data confirm the operative rate is 10 percent of rent. The operator collects the tax when rent is paid, states it separately on the receipt (MMC 3.40.060), and files a return remitting the tax by the last day of the month following each calendar quarter (MMC 3.40.070). Exemptions are limited to certain government officials (MMC 3.40.040). There is no separate STR license fee in the code.
Failing to collect, report, or remit the tax violates MMC 3.40.100; penalties and interest apply under MMC 3.40.120. Advertising that the tax will be absorbed by the operator is barred by MMC 3.40.060.
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