Sec. 5. (a) In a county having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) but less than two hundred seventy thousand (270,000), there shall be levied each year a tax on every person engaged in the business of renting or furnishing, for periods of less than thirty (30) days, any room or rooms, lodgings, or accommodations in any commercial hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, or tourist cabin.
(b) Subject to subsection (c), such tax shall be at the rate of six percent (6%) on the gross income derived from lodging income only and shall be in addition to the state gross retail tax imposed on such persons by IC 6-2.5.
(c) The following apply to the tax rate imposed under this chapter:
(1) On the date set forth in section 6.2(d) of this chapter, the tax rate in subsection (b) shall be decreased by six-tenths of one percent (0.6%).
(2) On the date set forth in section 6.3(d) of this chapter, the tax rate in subsection (b) shall be decreased by four-tenths of one percent (0.4%).
(3) If both decreases to the tax rate are made under subdivisions (1) and (2), the tax rate imposed under this chapter shall be five percent (5%).
(d) The tax shall be paid quarterly to the county treasurer not more than twenty (20) days after the end of the quarter in which the tax is collected. All provisions of IC 6-2.5 relating to rights, duties, liabilities, procedures, penalties, exemptions, and definitions apply to the imposition of the tax imposed by this section except as otherwise provided by this chapter, and except that the county treasurer, and not the department of state revenue, is responsible for administration of the tax. All provisions of IC 6-8.1 apply to the county treasurer with respect to the tax imposed by this section in the same manner that they apply to the department of state revenue with respect to the other listed taxes under IC 6-8.1-1-1.
(e) The tax imposed under subsection (a) does not apply to the renting or furnishing of rooms, lodgings, or accommodations to a person for a period of thirty (30) days or more.
Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.58, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.91, SEC.1; Acts 1979, P.L.82, SEC.1; P.L.97-1983, SEC.5; P.L.12-1992, SEC.32; P.L.49-1994, SEC.1; P.L.67-1997, SEC.1; P.L.119-2012, SEC.55; P.L.175-2018, SEC.1; P.L.108-2019, SEC.136.
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