State of Georgia Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax at a glance
What it is: State of Georgia Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax for Georgia state or local government officials or employees traveling on official business.
Who signs: Sign on the Signature of Official or Employee line and enter the Date.
Georgia state or local government officials or employees traveling on official business should not be charged county or municipal excise tax on lodging, often referred to as local hotel/motel tax.
A filled-in State of Georgia Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax example: a state employee certifies two hotel nights
How to fill out State of Georgia Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax, box by box
Certification: Signature of Official or Employee
This is to certify that the lodging obtained on the date(s) identified in Date(s) of Lodging was required in the discharge of my official duties for the named agency, and qualifies for exemption of the local hotel/motel excise tax under Official Code of Georgia Annotated Chapter 48-13 (as amended by Act 621, Georgia Laws 1987).
Sign on the Signature of Official or Employee line and enter the Date.
Please complete below
Under Please complete, enter Name of Official or Employee, Title of Official or Employee, Government Agency Represented, Accounting/Fiscal Office Contact Name, Phone No. and Date(s) of Lodging.
More rules for State of Georgia Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax
Upon verification of the identity of the government official or employee, Georgia hotel and motel operators are required to exempt the individual from any applicable tax(es).
A copy of this exemption form must be maintained with hotel tax records to document the individual's status as a government official or employee traveling on official business. If you have any questions, please contact the traveler's accounting or fiscal office contact.
The required form, provided by the Traveler, is the State of GA Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax.
ALL payment methods accepted (Personal or Government payment).
Government officials or employees are also exempt from Georgia State Sales Tax when individuals submit the "Department of Revenue Sales Tax Certificate of Exemption Form (ST-5)" to hotel operators.
The payment methods that are applicable to the exemption of this sales tax are either a State of Georgia issued credit card or payments made by directly billing the governmental organization.
Sources
[1] State of Georgia Certificate of Exemption of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax, State Accounting Office of Georgia (the Official source link on this page).