Madison Wisconsin Room Tax

For detailed information please visit your local finance department website.
Madison wisconsin room tax. Dane county outside the city of madison. All locally imposed room taxes will be collected on reservations in wisconsin. Who must file the wisconsin room tax report. This statute was renumbered.
Airbnb collects and remits sales tax throughout wisconsin. The table below shows the sales taxes in all 71 wisconsin counties. Madison will soon consider bumping the city s room tax from 9 to 10 percent which would nudge up the cost of staying at hotels and motels and boost city revenues by 1 8 million to 18 1 million for 2018. Register with your local clerk if your municipality collects room taxes.
Municipalities may have originally imposed the room tax under state law sec. Learn when room tax exemptions apply to guests. Finally many communities have raised their room tax rates. It is now sec.
It is typically 0 10 of the listing price including any cleaning fees and guest fees for reservations 29 nights and shorter. Fill out the room tax registration form. Room tax revenue in the city is expected to be down by as much as 50 compared to last year which amounts to a drop of about 10 million. Room taxes and tourism development 2012 by the wisconsin taxpayers alliance explores the impact of tourism spending on wages and incomes in wisconsin counties.
It also provides available room figures and data for major tourist markets in the state with snapshots of tourism trends and their potential impact. Also a 2015 state. Local taxes of 0 5 are collected in 67 wisconsin counties. So in practice sales tax rates in the state range from 5 to 5 6.
Contact your municipal or township clerk. Every municipality that imposes a room tax must electronically file e file the room tax report each year. The tax varies by city and county. The statewide sales tax in wisconsin is 5.
In five counties there is an additional stadium tax of 0 1. The room tax is generally limited to a maximum rate of 8. 20 resource page pdf developed by public health madison dane county includes short term rentals. City clerk s office 210 martin luther king jr blvd room 103 city county building madison wi 53703.
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