What is the hotel tax rate in Nashville?

Nashville hotels carry roughly 9.25% in combined state and local sales tax plus a 6% occupancy privilege tax, totaling about 15.25% in percentage taxes, with a small flat per-night fee on top that pushes the effective rate higher.

What is the flat occupancy fee?

Davidson County adds a fixed per-night fee, commonly around 2 to 3 dollars per room night, that funds tourism and the convention center. It is charged per night regardless of the room rate, so it weighs more heavily on cheaper rooms.

Why is my bill higher than the advertised rate?

Hotels usually advertise the pre-tax room rate. Once the sales tax, occupancy privilege tax, and the flat nightly fee are added, the checkout total is roughly 17 to 18% higher than the quoted nightly price.

Are resort fees included?

No. Some hotels charge a separate resort or facility fee that is set by the property, not the city. Add it manually to the room rate if your hotel charges one, since it is also taxable in most cases.

Does Airbnb charge the same taxes?

Short-term rentals in Nashville are generally subject to the same sales and occupancy taxes, often collected by the platform. The percentage taxes match hotels, though specific fees can differ by booking platform.

Nashville Hotel & Occupancy Tax Calculator

This calculator reveals the true cost of a Nashville hotel stay by adding the city’s layered lodging taxes to the advertised room rate. Nashville stacks a combined sales tax, an occupancy privilege tax, and a flat per-night fee.

How it works

The tool applies the percentage taxes to the room rate and adds the flat nightly fee, then multiplies by the number of nights:

sales tax  = rate × (salesPct / 100)        (about 9.25%)
occ tax    = rate × (occPct / 100)          (about 6%)
per-night  = rate + sales tax + occ tax + flat fee
stay total = per-night × nights

The percentage taxes total roughly 15.25%, and the flat fee — a few dollars per night funding tourism and the convention center — pushes the effective rate to about 17 to 18% on typical room prices.

Example and notes

A 200 dollar room incurs about 18.50 in sales tax, 12.00 in occupancy tax, and a 2.50 flat fee, for a per-night total near 233 dollars. Over three nights that is roughly 699 dollars instead of the 600 advertised. The flat fee hits cheap rooms harder as a percentage, and any resort or facility fee a hotel sets is extra — add it to the room rate, since it is usually taxable too.