The table below shows the sales taxes in all 71 wisconsin counties.
Madison wisconsin room tax.
The statewide sales tax in wisconsin is 5.
Hotels motels and tourist rooming houses.
Dane county outside the city of madison.
The room tax is generally limited to a maximum rate of 8.
It also provides available room figures and data for major tourist markets in the state with snapshots of tourism trends and their potential impact.
So in practice sales tax rates in the state range from 5 to 5 6.
Who must file the wisconsin room tax report.
Local taxes of 0 5 are collected in 67 wisconsin counties.
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.
Municipalities may have originally imposed the room tax under state law sec.
It is typically 0 10 of the listing price including any cleaning fees and guest fees for reservations 29 nights and shorter.
Room taxes from airbnb short term rentals collecting room taxes from airbnb and other short term rentals april 2018 the municipality magazine pg.
Airbnb collects and remits sales tax throughout wisconsin.
The median room tax was 5 in 1999 and was 5 5 in 2017.
The tax varies by city and county.
Room taxes and tourism development 2012 by the wisconsin taxpayers alliance explores the impact of tourism spending on wages and incomes in wisconsin counties.
This statute was renumbered.
In five counties there is an additional stadium tax of 0 1.
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.
Every municipality that imposes a room tax must electronically file e file the room tax report each year.
Fill out the room tax registration form.
It is now sec.
Learn when room tax exemptions apply to guests.
For detailed information please visit your local finance department website.
20 resource page pdf developed by public health madison dane county includes short term rentals.
Contact your municipal or township clerk.
Finally many communities have raised their room tax rates.
Getting started and short term rentals.