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Extra Hotel Tax on Rooms Renting Bill

Official:Amending Chapter 19-2400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Hotel Room Rental Tax," by providing for an additional excise tax on hotel room rentals, all under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsors: Council President Johnson, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson

Introduced: March 12, 2026

: Committee of the Whole

business finance taxation

Plain-Language Summary

This bill proposes to add an additional tax on hotel room rentals in Philadelphia.

What This Bill Does

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Imposes an additional excise tax of 2% on the consideration received by hotel operators from each transaction of renting a room or rooms to accommodate transients.
Requires hotel operators to collect the tax from patrons and pay it over to the City.
Allows booking agents, acting for hotel operators, to collect and remit the tax instead of the hotel operator.
Creates a new tax to be known as the Supplemental Hotel Room Rental Tax.