Georgia short-term rental tax: $5 per night state hotel-motel fee + sales tax and local taxes
What Georgia charges on Airbnb and Vrbo stays, who files it, and when it's due, from the state's own pages (checked 2026-10-27). Then build your return numbers from your export, free.
Georgia lodging taxes at a glance
| Item | Georgia rule | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State hotel-motel fee | $5.00 per room, per night | Georgia DOR |
| Long stays | The fee stops applying from the 31st consecutive day | Georgia DOR |
| Marketplaces | Marketplace innkeepers collect the fee for rentals booked through them | Georgia DOR |
| Due date | Monthly, by the 20th | Georgia DOR |
Checked on 2026-10-27 from: Georgia DOR — State hotel-motel fee FAQ. Rates change; confirm on the official page before you file. Local rates differ by city and county and are not listed here unless shown above.
What this means for your return
Georgia's state fee is per night, not a percentage, so Lodgetally's nights column is the number you need (nights × $5). Add any percentage taxes that apply to you (such as sales tax or a local hotel tax) as rates.
Lodgetally doesn't look up rates: you type the ones that apply to your property (state, county, city, fee), and it applies them to the taxable receipts it builds from your Airbnb, Vrbo or Booking.com export.
Build the numbers for your Georgia return
- Download your Airbnb earnings CSV, Vrbo report or Booking.com export.
- Drop it in the tool above and enter the Georgia rate(s) that apply to you.
- Set the period and date basis, mark which platforms remit for you, and download the worksheet.
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FAQ
Does Airbnb collect Georgia lodging tax for me?
Often for some taxes, not always for all of them. Airbnb and Vrbo publish the taxes they collect by location; anything they don't collect is yours to report. Lodgetally separates platform-remitted stays from the ones you owe tax on.
Is this page tax advice?
No. It summarizes the Georgia revenue department's public pages as checked on 2026-10-27, with links. Confirm the rules for your property with the tax office.
Is it really private?
Yes. Your file is read by JavaScript running in your browser tab; its contents — guest names, earnings, listings — are never sent over the network. You can verify this in your browser's developer tools (Network tab), or go offline after the page has loaded.
Is this tax advice?
No. Lodgetally does the arithmetic from your platform files using the rates and rules you enter. Rules differ by state, county and city — check what's taxable, the exemptions, and whether a platform collects for you with your tax office, and file on their form.
Which files work?
The Airbnb earnings / transaction history CSV, Vrbo payout and stay-tax reports, the Booking.com extranet reservations export, and most property-management exports with stay dates and amounts — CSV, TXT, XLSX, XLS or ODS. Columns are detected automatically and you can change any of them; your choice is remembered for that layout.
Why by check-in date and not payout date?
Most lodging-tax returns are based on when guests stayed. Payout dates drift from stay dates at every period boundary. You can choose check-in, check-out, payout date, or splitting each stay's receipts by nights in each month.
Does it know my tax rate?
No — you enter it (one or more rates, e.g. state + county + city), so the worksheet always matches your jurisdiction's current rate.
What's free?
Everything, one file at a time, for reports covering up to 40 reservations — the full worksheet, checks, CSV summary and printable worksheet. Pro removes the limit, combines several files (e.g. Airbnb + Vrbo + Booking.com), and adds the Excel workbook and per-stay CSV.