What is the hotel tax rate in Miami?

Miami hotel stays carry a combined 14% occupancy tax: 7% Florida state and county sales tax, 6% Miami-Dade Convention Development and tourist development tax, and a 1% homeless and domestic violence tax.

Are resort fees taxed?

Yes. Mandatory resort or destination fees are part of the taxable room charge in Florida, so the 14% applies to the fee as well as the base rate. The tool includes the resort fee in the taxable base.

Does the 14% apply everywhere in Miami-Dade?

The combined rate is 14% in the City of Miami and most of Miami-Dade County. A few municipalities like Surfside, Bal Harbour, and Miami Beach have slightly different local rates, so check your specific hotel.

Is the tax on the pre-tax room rate?

Yes. Occupancy taxes are calculated on the taxable room charge before tax, then added on top: total = taxable * 1.14. They are not compounded on each other.

Why is my hotel bill higher than the advertised rate?

The advertised nightly rate excludes the 14% occupancy tax and often a separate resort fee. Together these can add 15% or more to the headline price, which this calculator makes visible before you book.

Miami Hotel & Occupancy Tax Calculator

What your Miami hotel really costs

The nightly rate you see on a booking site is not what you pay. Miami stays carry a combined 14% occupancy tax, and many hotels add a mandatory resort fee that is also taxable. This calculator adds it all up so you can compare bookings on a true total-cost basis rather than the misleading headline rate.

How it works

The taxable base is the room rate plus any mandatory resort fee, and the combined 14% rate is applied on top — the components are added, not compounded:

nightly_taxable = room_rate + resort_fee
tax_rate = 0.07 (FL sales) + 0.06 (tourist) + 0.01 (homeless/DV) = 0.14
nightly_tax = nightly_taxable * 0.14
nightly_total = nightly_taxable + nightly_tax
total = nightly_total * nights

Each component tax is computed against the same taxable base and summed, which is why the effective add-on is a flat 14% rather than a stacked figure.

Tips and example

A 200 per night room with a 35 resort fee has a taxable base of 235. The 14% occupancy tax adds 32.90 per night, for a nightly total of 267.90. Over 3 nights that is about 803.70 — roughly 99 more than the headline 600 you might have budgeted from the room rate alone. Always factor the 14% plus resort fees when comparing Miami hotels.