Hotels & Lodging in Wisconsin (2026)
21 rules on the books across Wisconsin, 21 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Transient Occupancy Tax
Local hotel and short-term-rental occupancy taxes, who must collect them, remittance schedules, and use of the revenue for tourism, transportation, or housing.
Appleton
Some RestrictionsAppleton charges a 10 percent Room Tax on hotels, motels and other short-term lodging under City Code Sec. 18-67…
Read full rule →Ashwaubenon
Some RestrictionsThe Village of Ashwaubenon imposes a 10 percent room tax on hotels, motels and other transient lodging under Municipal…
Read full rule →Beloit
Some RestrictionsThe City of Beloit imposes an 8 percent room tax on hotels, motels and other short-term lodging under Code of…
Read full rule →Burlington
Some RestrictionsBurlington imposes an 8% room tax on hotel and motel rooms rented to transients under City Code §§ 286-1 and 286-3. The…
Read full rule →De Pere
Some RestrictionsDe Pere charges hotels, motels and other public lodging a ten percent room tax on gross receipts, collected from the…
Read full rule →Fitchburg
Some RestrictionsFitchburg, Wisconsin (Dane County) taxes hotel, motel, and short-term rental stays under City Code § 10-242, a room tax…
Read full rule →Green Bay
Some RestrictionsGreen Bay levies a 10% room tax on gross receipts from hotel and motel lodging, collected from guests and remitted…
Read full rule →Kenosha
Some RestrictionsKenosha imposes an 8% room tax on hotels, motels and other transient lodging under City Code § 2.16, collected monthly…
Read full rule →Little Chute
Some RestrictionsLittle Chute imposes a 10 percent room tax on hotels, motels and other lodging that rent rooms to transients, collected…
Read full rule →Madison
Some RestrictionsMadison imposes a 9% room tax on hotel and short-term lodging stays under MGO Ch. 4.21, on top of Wisconsin's 5.5%…
Read full rule →Middleton
Some RestrictionsMiddleton imposes an 8 percent room tax on hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and other transient lodging under…
Read full rule →Milwaukee
Some RestrictionsMilwaukee imposes a 9% room tax on lodging stays under 30 days, layered with the 5.5% Wisconsin sales tax for an…
Read full rule →Mosinee
Some RestrictionsThe City of Mosinee taxes hotel and motel room rentals at eight percent of gross receipts under Chapter 74, Article II…
Read full rule →Neenah
Some RestrictionsNeenah imposes a flat ten percent room tax on hotels, motels, and short-term rental operators renting rooms to…
Read full rule →New Berlin
Some RestrictionsNew Berlin imposes an 8% room tax on hotels, motels, and other operators renting accommodations to transients. City…
Read full rule →Rothschild
Some RestrictionsRothschild imposes an 8.0% room tax on the gross receipts of hotels, motels and any other operator renting rooms or…
Read full rule →Sun Prairie
Some RestrictionsSun Prairie charges a 7 percent room tax on every hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, or short-term lodging stay under one…
Read full rule →Waukesha
Some RestrictionsWaukesha imposes an 8% room tax on gross receipts from renting rooms or lodging to transients under Municipal Code Sec…
Read full rule →Wausau
Some RestrictionsWausau taxes hotel and motel rooms rented to transients at 8% of gross receipts under Wausau Municipal Code § 3.25.020…
Read full rule →Wauwatosa
Some RestrictionsWauwatosa taxes transient lodging at 7 percent of gross receipts, a rule that has applied to hotel keepers, motel…
Read full rule →West Allis
Some RestrictionsWest Allis imposes an 8% room tax on hotel, motel, and other transient lodging stays under Revised Municipal Code §…
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