Hi,
Ca anyone shed any light on how the Hawaii tax is calculated?
Im told that General tax is just under 5% but when looking at hotels, they are all charging 14% tax?
I cant figure out what the difference is?
Any suggestions?
Hawaii Tax? 14% for accommodation
GLO on 19/10/2014 - 09:15
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Many popular tourist destinations have an accommodation tax - I am currently looking for accommodation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the lodging tax there is 11%. I believe that San Francisco's is even higher. On top of that, many places also charge a resort fee - in Las Vegas this seems to be $25 USD or thereabouts (per night).
I've had inconsistent results using search engines - some include the tax into their rate quoted (apparently - I'm not going to guarantee that hotels won't try to charge it again). However it appears that the resort fee (if applicable is NEVER included in fees and charges - that is something that is paid on top of your accommodation costs and directly to the Hotel.)
http://gohawaii.about.com/od/traveltips/a/additional-taxes-a…
Looks like the transient accommodation tax (room tax) of 9.25% is added on top.