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Austin staff: platforms have begun collecting short-term rental hotel tax; council to vote on spacing, caps
Summary
At the Sept. 10 Austin Tourism Commission meeting staff reported that online platforms have started remitting short-term rental (STR) hotel-occupancy tax and that City Council is set to vote on spacing and unit-share limits that will take effect this fall.
City staff and the tourism commission’s short-term rental working group provided an update on Sept. 10 on the implementation of Austin’s new STR rules, adopted by City Council in February 2025. The presenters said the platforms have begun collecting hotel-occupancy tax (HOT) for listings and that city licensing is ramping up ahead of October rule changes.
A working-group representative reported that online platforms had already collected roughly $5,208,000 in additional HOT revenue that would be due to the city when remitted. The speaker said there are…
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