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Short-Term Lodging Tax Percentage by Town

Joan Talmadge | Updated 12/4/2024

Below is a chart of the lodging tax for short-term vacation rentals in Massachusetts by towns located in the Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Just off Cape areas. The MA Department of Revenue is responsible for collecting and allocating the funds.

Many towns require owners to register their homes. View this post for more information about short-term rental registration fees charged by each town.

Town State Local Wastewater Total
Aquinnah 5.7% 4.0% 0% 9.7%
Barnstable 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Bourne 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Brewster 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Chatham 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Chilmark 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Dennis 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Duxbury 5.7% 0% 0% 5.7%
Eastham 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Edgartown 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Falmouth* 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Harwich 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Hull 5.7% 4.0% 0% 9.7%
Kingston 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Marion 5.7% 0% 0% 5.70%
Mashpee 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Mattapoisett 5.7% 0% 0% 5.7%
Nantucket* 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Oak Bluffs 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Orleans 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Plainville 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Plymouth* 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Provincetown* 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Sandwich 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Scituate 5.7% 6% 0% 11.7%
Tisbury 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Truro* 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
Wareham 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Wellfleet* 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%
West Tisbury 5.7% 6.0% 0% 11.7%
Yarmouth 5.7% 6.0% 2.75% 14.45%

* An additional Community Impact Fee of 3% is imposed on owners who rent more than one home in this town.

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About Joan Talmadge

About Joan Talmadge: In 1996, my husband Jeff and I purchased our Cape home and began looking for a way to rent it out during the summer. That's when Jeff created WeNeedaVacation, and the rest is history! After teaching fifth grade for 8 years and spending 15 years writing and editing educational publications, I found myself transitioning into a new career as a business owner. Today, we're fortunate to have a wonderful team of capable, caring staff, and Jeff and I are especially proud that two of our three grown children work with us. After 26 summers of renting out our home, we now live here year-round and couldn't be happier. The Cape truly is magical, no matter the season.

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