What is the total hotel tax rate in Omaha?

An Omaha hotel stay carries roughly 16.5% in combined taxes. This blends Nebraska state sales tax (5.5%), Omaha city sales tax (1.5%), the Douglas County lodging tax (about 4%), and the Omaha occupancy tax (about 5.5%). The exact split can shift, so the tool lets you override each component.

Why is the hotel tax so high in Omaha?

Lodging taxes fund tourism promotion, the convention center, and city services, and they stack on top of regular sales tax. Because visitors rather than residents pay them, cities often set lodging taxes higher than general sales tax, pushing the Omaha total to around 16.5%.

Does the occupancy tax apply to the whole rate?

Generally each percentage applies to the room rate before any other tax, so the taxes are additive rather than compounding. This tool sums all the rates and applies the combined percentage to your nightly rate times the number of nights.

Are resort or cleaning fees taxed too?

Mandatory fees are frequently treated as part of the taxable room charge, while optional incidentals may not be. Add such fees to your nightly rate if you want them included. Always check the hotel folio, since policies vary by property.

Will my final bill match this exactly?

It is a close estimate. Individual hotels may add flat per-night assessments or special district fees not captured here, and rates change. Confirm the final folio at checkout for the binding amount.

Omaha Hotel & Occupancy Tax Calculator

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The Omaha Hotel & Occupancy Tax Calculator reveals the real cost of staying in Omaha, Nebraska once the city’s stacked lodging taxes are added. Omaha layers a state sales tax, a city sales tax, a Douglas County lodging tax, and a city occupancy tax, which together reach about 16.5% — a sizeable markup over the advertised nightly rate. This tool helps travelers and event planners budget the true total.

How it works

Lodging taxes in Omaha are additive: each rate applies to the room charge and the results are summed. The calculation is:

combined rate = state + city sales + county lodging + city occupancy
nightly tax   = nightly rate x combined rate
total tax     = nightly tax x nights
grand total   = (nightly rate x nights) + total tax

By default the tool uses 5.5% state, 1.5% city sales, 4% county lodging, and 5.5% occupancy for a combined 16.5%. You can edit any component to match a quoted folio.

Example and notes

A $150 room for 3 nights has a subtotal of $450. At a combined 16.5% rate, the tax is 450 x 0.165 = $74.25, for a grand total of $524.25. That is $24.75 of tax per night you would miss if you only budgeted the headline rate. Add mandatory resort or cleaning fees to the nightly rate if your hotel taxes them, and confirm the final folio at checkout.