Montgomery County imposes a 4% hotel room rental tax on stays under 30 days, collected by the County Treasurer for the Convention and Visitors Bureau. On top of that, Pennsylvania's 6% state hotel occupancy tax applies to the same short-term rentals.
As a second class A county, Montgomery County is authorized under 16 Pa.C.S. §17509 to levy up to a 5% excise tax on renting rooms to transients (stays of 30 consecutive days or fewer); it currently sets the rate at 4%. The County Treasurer collects it for the County's Convention and Visitors Bureau. Separately, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue imposes the 6% state Sales, Use and Hotel Occupancy Tax on stays under 30 days. If you book through a broker like Airbnb or VRBO that collects and remits, you may not need to register; otherwise you must register with the county and the Department of Revenue.
Failing to collect or remit the county hotel tax or state occupancy tax exposes the operator to back taxes, interest, and penalties assessed by the County Treasurer and the PA Department of Revenue.
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