The department created this guide to help lodging businesses better understand which Washington state taxes apply to them.
Here are some examples of lodging:
- Bed & breakfast houses.
- Hotels.
- Motels.
- Personal home and room rentals (less than 30 days in a row).
- Recreational vehicle (RV) parks.
- Resorts.
- Rooming/boarding houses.
- Short-term rentals.
- Summer camps.
- Trailer camps.
For more information or questions about Washington excise (business) taxes, please contact us.
Updated October 2021
Contents
Lodging guide
- Amenities
- Common retail sales tax exemptions, deductions, and credits
- Convention and trade center tax
- Filing and paying lodging business taxes
- Lodging - nontransient (long-term)
- Lodging taxes
- Lodging - transient (short-term)
- Miscellaneous items
- Online marketplaces and property managers
- Other income
- Other taxes
- Parking and business improvement area special assessments
- Personal home rentals
- Personal property tax
- Sales/use tax on purchases
- US government sales