CHAPTER 882
Transient Occupancy Tax
882.01   Intent; interpretation.
882.02   Definitions.
882.03   Levy; purpose; collection; application.
882.04   Collection; payment to Administrator; exemptions.
882.05   Records.
882.06   Stating and charging the tax.
882.07   Returns; authority of Administrator; exemptions; confidentiality.
882.08   Refunds and credits.
882.09   Failure to collect and report tax; assessment by Administrator; notice and hearing.
882.10   Appeals.
882.11   Debts to City; actions to collect.
882.12   Rules and regulations.
882.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Guests to register - see Ohio R.C. 3503.31
   Hotels - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3731
   Innkeepers - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4721
   Power to levy - see Ohio R.C. 5739.02(c)
   Defrauding a livery or hostelry - see GEN. OFF. 672.14
882.01 INTENT; INTERPRETATION.
   It is the intent of this chapter to levy an excise tax of three percent on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests as referred to and authorized by Ohio R.C. 5739.02(C). Accordingly, this chapter shall be construed to effectuate that purpose and so as to be consistent with any requirement of law compliance with which is a prerequisite to the validity of the tax intended to be levied hereby. (Ord. 2049. Passed 6-5-73.)
882.02 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   “Administrator” means the Finance Director or his or her authorized representative.
   (b)   “Hotel” means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for consideration to guests, in which five or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures.
   (c)   “Transient guest” means a person occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than thirty consecutive days.
   (d)   “Vendor” means a person who is the owner or operator of a hotel and who furnishes lodging.
(Ord. 2049. Passed 6-5-73.)
882.03 LEVY; PURPOSE; COLLECTION; APPLICATION.
   There is hereby levied an excise tax on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The amount of such tax shall be three percent of the amount paid or to be paid by the transient guest for the lodging. The purpose of such tax is to provide revenue with which to meet the needs of the City of Miamisburg and for the use of the General Revenue Fund.
   Such tax, which shall be known as the transient occupancy tax, applies and is collectible at the time the lodging is furnished, regardless of the time when the price is paid. The tax does not apply to lodging furnished to the State or any of its political subdivisions.
   For the purpose of the proper administration of this chapter and to prevent the evasion of the tax, it is presumed that all lodging furnished by hotels in this City to transient guests is subject to the tax until the contrary is established.
(Ord. 2049. Passed 6-5-73.)
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