Vacaville, CA Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 8% of rent, same as hotels
- Governing section
- VMC § 3.16.080
- Address reporting
- Within 30 days of Tax Administrator's request
- Reporting frequency
- At least quarterly
- Record retention
- 3 years of transaction records
- Listing requirement
- Business license number + TOT certification shown
Summary
Vacaville taxes short-term rentals under the same 8 percent transient occupancy tax that applies to hotels, but the city collects it through facilitators. Under Vacaville Municipal Code Section 3.16.080, the City has invoked the state's Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025, requiring platforms like Airbnb or Vrbo to register, report listing addresses, and remit tax directly to the Tax Administrator on behalf of hosts.
A. Pursuant to Government Code Section 50991, subdivision (b), the City of Vacaville hereby invokes the provisions of the Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025, Government Code Section 50990 et seq., and those provisions shall apply within the City's jurisdictional boundaries. This section applies to any short-term rental facilitator, as defined in § 3.16.010, that lists, markets, or otherwise facilitates the rental of any short-term rental located within the City. B. Upon request by the Tax Administrator, each short-term rental facilitator shall report...the physical address, including the nine-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental within the City that used the facilitator's platform during the applicable reporting period. ...D. Any short-term rental facilitator offering listings within the City shall include in each listing the applicable City business license number and any transient occupancy tax certification issued by the City.
Full Breakdown
080 governs how short-term rentals get taxed once a facilitator lists them. 020. 080(A), pulling any facilitator that lists, markets, or books a Vacaville short-term rental into the tax scheme directly. Upon the Tax Administrator's request, a facilitator has 30 days to report the physical address, including the nine-digit ZIP Code, of every short-term rental that used its platform during the reporting period; if that address is not specific enough, the Tax Administrator can also demand the assessor parcel number and listing URL. Facilitators must file these reports at least quarterly, and every listing inside city limits must display the host's City business license number along with any transient occupancy tax certification the City has issued.
Facilitators must also keep transaction records, including the rental's address, parcel number, and rent received, for at least three years and produce them to the Tax Administrator on request.
Violations & Fines
A facilitator that skips a required quarterly report is subject to an administrative fine under Government Code Section 53069.4, and any facilitator that collects rent but fails to remit the 8 percent tax faces the same penalty ladder that applies to hotel operators: a 10 percent penalty for an initial late remittance, another 10 percent after 30 more days of delinquency, and 1.5 percent monthly interest until paid, all under Section 3.16.100.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Airbnb and Vrbo collect the tax for me in Vacaville?
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Is the short-term rental tax rate different from the hotel tax rate?
Sources & Official References
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