Short-term stays of 30 days or less owe Idaho's 6% state sales tax plus the 2% statewide travel and convention tax. There is no county-wide bed tax. Marketplaces like Airbnb and Vrbo often collect and remit these for you.
Idaho charges lodging tax on rentals of 30 days or less. This is the 6% state sales tax plus a 2% travel and convention tax that applies to vacation-home rentals and campgrounds. Stays longer than 30 continuous days in the same space are exempt. Kootenai County itself does not levy a county-wide bed tax; local-option resort taxes exist only in certain resort cities, not county-wide. If you list on a short-term rental marketplace, that marketplace is responsible for collecting all taxes due; if you rent directly, you must collect and remit through an Idaho State Tax Commission account.
Unpaid lodging taxes are enforced by the Idaho State Tax Commission (interest, penalties, and collection). This is a state tax matter, not a county citation.
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Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning backyard composting; home composting of yard and food scraps is allowed. Compost must not become a nuisance (odor, v...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning or specifically regulating artificial turf on residential lots. Standard site rules still apply near water: replacin...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County does not require or prohibit native-plant landscaping generally, but along the shoreline it actively encourages native vegetation: the county...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County has no ordinance banning rain barrels. Rainwater collection in Idaho is governed by state water law: Idaho allows collecting rainwater and di...
Kootenai County, ID
Kootenai County itself sets no countywide lawn-watering schedule. Outdoor watering limits, if any, come from your city or your water/irrigation provider. Und...
Kootenai County, ID
Idaho law makes weed control mandatory: every landowner must control noxious weeds on their property at their own cost (Idaho Code 22-2407). Kootenai County'...
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