VILLAGE OF ELKHART LAKE ROOM TAX & PERMIT

The Village Collects 7% Room Tax

The Village of Elkhart Lake Ordinance 3.06 requires all hotel keepers, motel operators, bed & breakfast operators, or people furnishing rooms or lodging to transients (less than 30 days) to collect 7% Room Tax. The Room Tax is used to promote the Convention and Tourism business in the Village of Elkhart Lake. If you have any questions about room tax, please contact the Village Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer’s Office at 920-876-2122.

Applying for a Room Tax Permit

All hotel keepers, motel operators, bed & breakfast operators, or people furnishing rooms or lodging to transients (less than 30 days) must apply for a room tax permit. Any person who rents a room, part of their property, or their entire property for less than 30 days at a time needs to have a room tax permit. To receive a room tax permit application please contact the Village Clerk-Treasurer’s Office at 920-876-2122. There is a $5.00 room tax permit fee.

Collecting Room Tax

The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall require all permit holders to collect 7% Room Tax on their gross receipts. The Permit holders must submit their Room Tax and quarterly report on or before the 30th of the month succeeding the calendar quarter for which the Room Tax was collected. For example, for the Room Tax collected in the 1st quarter, the Room Tax and report is due in the Village Clerk-Treasurer’s Office by April 30th. This report shall contain the gross receipts of the preceding calendar quarter from each Room Tax Permit holder, as well as the Room Tax collected.

The Village also requires that permit holders file an annual report with the Village Clerk-Treasurer by February of each year.