Tourist tax›United States›checked 5 Nov 2026
Tourist tax in Branson (Missouri)
This is the tax inside Branson (Missouri)'s own boundary. Neighbouring towns, including the ones near the airport, set their own; it follows where your accommodation is.
Across every type of stay. Your exact stay depends on dates, star rating, children and night limits: the calculator works it out.
- 12.35% to 13.35% of the room price per night, all year.
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Quick answers
Do children pay the tourist tax in Branson?
It is charged per room (or as a share of the room price), not per person, so children don't change it.
How do you pay the tourist tax in Branson?
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Every rate and rule
Missouri state sales tax on hotel rooms (4.225%) (Missouri state sales tax on rooms (4.225%))
Set by Missouri Department of Revenue · 1 rate
Missouri state sales tax on hotel rooms (4.225%) (Missouri state sales tax on rooms (4.225%))
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Rate |
|---|---|
| All types of stay | 4.225% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Source: RSMo 144.020.1(6) (4% 'on the amount of sales or charges for all rooms ... furnished at any hotel, motel'), plus the constitutional 0.225% (Conservation 0.125%, Parks/Soils 0.10%), checked 5 Nov 2026.
Branson local sales taxes on hotel rooms (4.125%-5.125% by district) (Local sales taxes on hotel rooms in Branson (city, Taney County, ambulance district, improvement districts; TCED excluded))
Set by City of Branson (local sales taxes of the city, Taney County and districts, collected by the Missouri Department of Revenue) · 3 rates
Branson local sales taxes on hotel rooms (4.125%-5.125% by district) (Local sales taxes on hotel rooms in Branson (city, Taney County, ambulance district, improvement districts; TCED excluded))
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Area | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| All types of stay | Most of branson (no improvement district) | 4.125% |
| All types of stay | Branson hills cid | 4.625% |
| All types of stay | 76 entertainment cid, historic downtown cid, branson hills infrastructure cid, branson landing tdd or fall creek valley cid | 5.125% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Source: Local sales taxes as charted by MO DOR for 'Hotel/Overnight' sales in Branson; the 1% TCED sales tax (RSMo 67.1959) does not apply to rooms (reduced by 25% of the 4% tourism tax under RSMo 94.802), checked 5 Nov 2026.
Branson city tourism tax on rooms (4%) (City of Branson Tourism Tax (4% on lodging))
Set by City of Branson (Finance Department) · 1 rate
Branson city tourism tax on rooms (4%) (City of Branson Tourism Tax (4% on lodging))
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Rate |
|---|---|
| All types of stay | 4% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Source: Branson Municipal Code chapter 82, article VI, sec. 82-93; RSMo 94.802, checked 5 Nov 2026.
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · next check due by 3 Feb 2027.