Georgia Hotel Tax Form PDF Details

A new Georgia hotel tax form is now available. The form, which is called the "Georgia Hotel Occupancy Tax Return", must be completed by all hotels and motels in the state and filed with the Georgia Department of Revenue. The return covers the period from January 1st to December 31st of each year, and must be submitted by January 31st of the following year. Details on how to complete and file the return can be found in the instructions accompanying the form.

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State of Georgia

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION OF LOCAL HOTEL/MOTEL EXCISE TAX

Attention: GEORGIA HOTEL AND MOTEL OPERATORS:

Effective April 2, 1987, Act Number 621 amending Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 48-13-51 provides that 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.

Upon verification of the identity of the government official or employee identified below, Georgia hotel and motel operators are required to exempt the individual from any applicable tax(es), as outlined below.

Tax

Acceptable Payment Methods

Required Form(s) Provided by the

 

 

Traveler

Occupancy Tax (local, county, or

All payment methods accepted

State of GA Certificate of Exemption

municipal lodging, or excise tax)

(personal or Government payment)

of Local Hotel/Motel Excise Tax

 

 

 

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, identified below.

CERTIFICATION:

This is to certify that the lodging obtained on the date(s) identified below was required in the discharge of my offical 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).

Signature of Official or Employee

 

Date

Please complete below:

Name of Official or Employee

Title of Official or Employee

Government Agency Represented

Accounting/Fiscal Office Contact Name

 

Phone No.

Date(s) of Lodging

NOTE: 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.

June 2013

http://www.busfin.uga.edu/forms/excise_exempt.pdf