What is the hotel tax rate in Colorado Springs?

Colorado Springs lodging is taxed at roughly 11.25% combined. That stacks Colorado state sales tax, El Paso County tax, Colorado Springs city sales tax, and the city's Lodgers and Auto Rental Tax (LART), which funds tourism and visitor facilities.

What is the LART tax?

LART stands for Lodgers and Auto Rental Tax. Colorado Springs charges this 2% levy on hotel rooms and rental cars on top of regular sales tax, dedicating the revenue to tourism marketing and the convention and visitor system.

Is the tax applied per night or once?

Lodging tax is a percentage of the room rate, so it applies to every night and every room. A three-night stay is taxed three times the single-night amount, which is why the total tax grows with length of stay.

Are resort or cleaning fees taxed too?

Mandatory fees charged by the hotel are generally part of the taxable room charge in Colorado, so they are taxed at the same combined rate. This estimator applies the rate to the rate you enter; add mandatory fees to that figure for an exact total.

Why is my hotel bill higher than the advertised rate?

Advertised rates almost always exclude taxes. At 11.25%, a $150 room actually costs about $167 per night once lodging taxes are added. Multiply across your nights to budget the real total.

Colorado Springs Hotel & Occupancy Tax Calculator

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This calculator shows the real cost of a Colorado Springs hotel stay after the combined lodging tax of about 11.25% is added to the advertised nightly rate.

How it works

The combined rate stacks several taxes on the room charge, applied every night and every room:

combined_rate = state + county + city sales tax + LART  (~11.25%)
nightly_tax   = nightly_rate * combined_rate
nightly_total = nightly_rate + nightly_tax
grand_total   = nightly_total * nights * rooms

The largest single piece beyond ordinary sales tax is the city’s Lodgers and Auto Rental Tax (LART), roughly 2%, which funds tourism and the convention and visitor system.

Example

A $150 room taxed at 11.25% adds $16.88 per night, for $166.88 nightly. A three-night stay in one room totals about $500.63, of which $50.63 is tax.

Notes

The exact combined rate can shift as state, county, or city rates change. Mandatory resort or cleaning fees are usually taxable too — add them to the nightly rate for a precise total. Per-night flat fees, if any, are charged on top of the percentage tax.