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Tourist tax in Charlotte (North Carolina)

This is the tax inside Charlotte (North Carolina)'s own boundary. Neighbouring towns, including the ones near the airport, set their own; it follows where your accommodation is.

Today: one adult, one night
16.25% of the room price per night

Across every type of stay. Your exact stay depends on dates, star rating, children and night limits: the calculator works it out.

The next 12 months
  • 16.25% of the room price per night, all year.
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The tourist tax in Charlotte is 16.25% of the room price per night, set by North Carolina Department of Revenue, North Carolina Department of Revenue, for Mecklenburg County and Mecklenburg County (Office of the Tax Collector); checked by Stay Cost Brain on 6 Nov 2026. How we check

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Quick answers

Do children pay the tourist tax in Charlotte?

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 Charlotte?

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Every rate and rule

North Carolina state sales tax on hotel rooms (4.75%) (North Carolina general state rate of sales tax on accommodation rentals)

Set by North Carolina Department of Revenue · 1 rate
Note: North Carolina's general sales tax as it applies to hotel and short-term rental rooms: not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay4.75%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: G.S. 105-164.4(a)(3) (as cited by Mecklenburg County) and G.S. 105-164.4F (accommodations), checked 6 Nov 2026.

Mecklenburg County local sales tax on hotel rooms (2%) (Mecklenburg County local sales and use tax (county rate 2%))

Set by North Carolina Department of Revenue, for Mecklenburg County · 1 rate
Note: Mecklenburg County's local sales tax as it applies to hotel rooms: not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay2%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: Local sales and use tax (county rate), collected by NCDOR; '2% County Tax' effective 10/1/2009 per NCDOR, checked 6 Nov 2026. The source says: Mecklenburg 2.00% 0.50% 1.00% 4.75% 8.25%

Mecklenburg transit sales tax on hotel rooms (0.5%) (Mecklenburg County transit sales and use tax (0.50%))

Set by North Carolina Department of Revenue, for Mecklenburg County · 1 rate
Note: Mecklenburg County's transit sales tax as it applies to hotel rooms: not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay0.5%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: Local transit sales and use tax (0.50%), collected by NCDOR; effective 4/1/1999 per NCDOR, checked 6 Nov 2026. The source says: Mecklenburg 2.00% 0.50% 1.00% 4.75% 8.25%

Mecklenburg additional county sales tax on hotel rooms (1%, from 1 July 2026) (Mecklenburg County additional 1.00% county rate of sales and use tax)

Set by North Carolina Department of Revenue, for Mecklenburg County · 1 rate
Note: Mecklenburg County's additional sales tax (roads and transit) as it applies to hotel rooms: not a tourist tax, but added on top of the quoted room rate.

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay1%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other
  • Other

Source: Session Law 2025-39 (as cited in NCDOR's FAQ on the additional 1%); effective 2026-07-01, checked 6 Nov 2026. The source says: Mecklenburg County will levy an additional 1.00% county rate of sales and use tax

Mecklenburg County room occupancy tax (6%) (Room Occupancy Tax of 1991)

Set by Mecklenburg County (Office of the Tax Collector) · 1 rate

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay6%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other: 90

Source: Mecklenburg County occupancy tax ordinance (1991 levy); enabling session law not read, checked 6 Nov 2026.

Mecklenburg County additional room occupancy tax (2%) (Room Occupancy Tax of 2006)

Set by Mecklenburg County (Office of the Tax Collector) · 1 rate

Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).

Type of stayRate
All types of stay2%

Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.

Who pays less or nothing

  • Other: 90

Source: Mecklenburg County occupancy tax ordinance (2006 levy); enabling 2005 session law not read, checked 6 Nov 2026.

Checked 6 Nov 2026 · next check due by 4 Feb 2027.