Inglewood, CA Local Taxes & Fees: Parking Tax (2026)
Key Facts
- Tax rate
- 10% of parking rent
- Governing section
- § 9-19
- Operator registration deadline
- 15 days after operative date
- Monthly return due
- 20th of following month
- Late-payment penalty
- 5% delinquency, plus 10% on determinations
- Violation of registration duty
- misdemeanor under § 9-37
Summary
Inglewood taxes the rent paid to occupy a space in any parking station in the City at ten percent, collected by the lot operator at the time of payment and remitted monthly to the Finance Director. The tax applies to every occupancy on or after the ordinance's operative date, even under contracts signed earlier.
There is hereby imposed a tax of ten percent of the rent for every occupancy of parking space in a parking station in the City. The tax imposed by this Article shall be paid upon any occupancy on and after the operative date, although such occupancy is had pursuant to contract, lease, or other arrangement made prior to such date.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4954608; v8 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
Article 5 of Chapter 9 imposes a ten percent parking tax on the rent charged for occupying space in any parking station within Inglewood, per Section 9-19. Every occupant is personally liable for the tax under Section 9-20, though a receipt from the lot operator showing the tax was collected relieves the occupant of further liability. Operators must register with the Finance Director within fifteen days of the tax's operative date, display the resulting certificate of authority at each location, and give occupants a receipt whenever rent is collected (Sections 9-21, 9-22).
Reports and the tax collected are due to the Finance Director by the twentieth day of the month following collection (Section 9-26); the Finance Director can grant a one-month extension for good cause, but interest of one-half of one percent per month then accrues on the amount owed (Section 9-27). The Finance Director may audit an operator's books, demand reports from any person with information about taxable parking rentals, and issue a deficiency determination where a return looks wrong or is never filed, adding a ten percent penalty to any estimate-based assessment (Sections 9-24, 9-25, 9-28, 9-34).
Operators who dispute a determination can appeal to the Committee on Permits and Licenses under Section 9-36. Certificates of authority are nonassignable and must be surrendered to the Finance Director when a business closes, sells, or transfers (Section 9-22).
Violations & Fines
Late tax payments automatically draw a five percent delinquency penalty under Section 9-13, and a separate ten percent penalty plus one-half of one percent monthly interest applies to unpaid determinations under Sections 9-31 and 9-33. An operator who fails or refuses to register, file a return, or supply required data, or who files a false or fraudulent return, is guilty of a misdemeanor under Section 9-37. Unpaid tax is also collectible as a civil debt to the City under Section 9-38.
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