(a) Each vendor or booking agent collecting for a vendor shall on or before the last day of the month make and file a return for the preceding month, on forms prescribed by the Administrator, showing the receipts from furnishing lodging, the amount of tax due from the vendor or booking agent collecting for a vendor to the City for the period covered by the return, and such other information as the Administrator deems necessary for the proper administration of this chapter. All returns shall be signed by the vendor, its authorized agent, or booking agent collecting for a vendor. The Administrator may extend the time for making and filing returns. Returns shall be filed by delivering or mailing the same to the Administrator together with payment of the full amount of tax shown to be due thereon.
(b) The Administrator may authorize vendors or booking agents collecting for vendors whose tax liabilities are not such as to merit monthly returns, as determined by the Administrator upon the basis of administrative costs of the City, to make and file returns at less frequent intervals. Such authorization shall be in writing and shall indicate the intervals at which returns are to be filed.
(c) Each vendor or booking agent collecting for a vendor shall file all claims for exemption from tax filed by the transient guests with the vendor during the reporting period with the return.
(d) The Administrator shall treat all returns and payments submitted by vendors and booking agents collecting for vendors as confidential and shall not release them except upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to an officer or agent of the United States, the State, the County, the City, for official use only, or except as required by law.
(e) The Administrator, if he or she deems it necessary in order to insure the payment of the tax imposed by this chapter, may require returns and payments to be made and filed for periods longer or shorter than a month.
(Ord. No. 30-16. Passed 6-6-16, eff. 7-1-16)