By state
Short-term rental taxes in Texas
What you charge guests, who remits it, and what you have to hold.
This is the state layer only
What a guest actually pays is stacked, and Texas is only the bottom of the stack. On top of it can sit a county tax, a city tax, and special purpose districts that most owners have never heard of until they get a notice: tourism improvement districts, transit districts, convention and stadium districts, resort areas.
Then there are the layers that are not tax at all but still govern whether you can rent and what you must register. An HOA, a condo board, or a neighborhood covenant can cap nights, require its own registration, or prohibit short-term renting outright, whatever the city allows. Those rules are private, they do not appear in any government database, and they are the ones that most often catch an owner by surprise.
Two properties on opposite sides of the same Texas street can owe different totals. The only way to know yours is to run the address.
Run the full report for your addressThe state layer
These apply across Texas. Counties and cities add their own on top, which is where the totals diverge.
| Tax | Rate | Applies to | Confidence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas State Hotel Occupancy TaxState of Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts | 6% | Applies to room charge excluding food and personal services (cleaning included as room service) | High | Source |
Drawn from the Texas jurisdictions researched so far. These are the statewide figures only. Open a city below, or run your own address, for the county, city and district layers that stack on top.
Researched in Texas
Rates and rules change. Confirm with the taxing authority before you rely on any figure here.