STR Tax Compliance Guidelines

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PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE GUIDELINES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE. PLEASE SEEK YOUR OWN COUNSEL FROM YOUR ATTORNEY AND CPA.

Monroe County

Monroe County collects a 3% hotel excise tax on all short term rentals. There is no fee for this one-time registration. You can contact the County Treasurer’s office at (570) 517-3180, Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm with any questions you may have.

Details can be found here:
http://www.monroecountypa.gov/Dept/Treasurer/Pages/HotelTax.aspx

The Registration Form can be found here: http://www.monroecountypa.gov/Dept/Treasurer/Documents/HotelRegistartionForm2018.pdf

Submit the Monroe County excise tax form and 3% tax payment each quarter.

Airbnb will remit the 3% tax for you, but you must still register your property and submit the quarterly form to Monroe County indicating gross receipts and NO TAX OWED. Any non-Airbnb rentals must have the 3% tax collected and paid quarterly.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania collects a 6% hotel sales tax on all short term rentals.

For more information, see this link:
https://www.revenue.pa.gov/TaxTypes/SUT/Pages/Home-sharing-or-Third-party-Broker-Rentals.aspx

You can register each rental property here:
https://www.pa100.state.pa.us/

You must remit your tax filing and payment semi-annually using the PA E-Tides system.
https://www.etides.state.pa.us/

Airbnb will remit the 6% tax for you, but you must still register your property and receive a PA state tax ID# to comply with the Coolbaugh and Tobyhanna (forthcoming) STR
permit requirements. Any non-Airbnb rentals must have the 6% tax collected and paid semi-annually.

UPDATED 2/1/2022