State Taxes & Rules

What changes for guests on taxes and rules after 30 nights, state by state.

• Hotel Taxes and Guest Rights After 30 Days in Texas

  Texas state hotel tax is 6 percent, and guests who stay 30 or more consecutive days are exempt. How the exemption works, what Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and Houston add, and how to claim it.

• Hotel tax and long stays: what changes after 30 nights

  Hotels charge a hotel tax on short stays. In some places it stops after 30 or 31 nights in a row. What the rules say in Texas and Clark County, Nevada, and what to ask the hotel.

• How to Read a Monthly Hotel Folio: Room Rate, Taxes and Fees

  What the lines on a long-stay hotel bill mean, how to spot state tax after the 30 day mark in Texas, and what to ask the front desk.

• Texas State Hotel Tax After 30 Days: The Written Notice Step

  How to tell the hotel in writing, with the Comptroller as source.

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