city tax
Urban government revenue
A city tax is a tax levied by a municipal government, distinct from state or federal taxes.
The term appears most often in travel contexts, where hotels add city taxes to room rates: The nightly rate was $200 before city tax.
City taxes fund local services like roads, police, and sanitation.
- businessesCommercial enterprises collectively
- small businessModest independent commercial venture
- rentersThose who lease property
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- infrastructure fundingMoney for public systems
landlords · zoning ordinances · millage · municipal codes · education funding · tourists · municipal services · public services · parking fee · sanitation services · exemption · treasury · refund · collection · filing · hall · flat rate · local
- taxestaxes, withholding, VAT, GST, federal taxes
- hotel chargesroom rate, resort fee, hotel fee, nightly rate, daily rate
- taxationtaxable income, VAT, withholding, deductions, deduction
- paycheck deductionswithholding, health premium, FICA, 401k, garnishment
- local taxesmillage, special assessment, levies, levy, rates
- Payroll Taxespayroll taxes, federal withholding, FICA, payroll deductions, withholding
governmental level
city taxfederal tax
Government-collected income share
national tax · state tax · federal income tax · county tax · state income tax