Tourist tax›United States›checked 6 Nov 2026
Tourist tax in Kansas City (Missouri)
This is the tax inside Kansas City (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.
- 16.23% to 19.48% of the room price per night, all year.
The tourist tax in Kansas City is 16.23% to 19.48% of the room price per night, set by Missouri Department of Revenue, City of Kansas City, Missouri (local sales taxes of the city, county and districts, collected by the Missouri Department of Revenue) and City of Kansas City, Missouri (Finance Department, Revenue Division); 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 Kansas City?
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 Kansas City?
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 'all rooms ... furnished at any hotel, motel'), plus the constitutional 0.225% (Conservation 0.125%, Parks/Soils 0.10%),
checked 6 Nov 2026. The source says: The 4.225 percent state sales and use tax is distributed into four funds
Kansas City local sales taxes on hotel rooms (4.5%-7.75% by county and district) (Local sales taxes in Kansas City, Missouri on hotel rooms (city, county, zoo district, plus any CID/TDD/PID))
Set by City of Kansas City, Missouri (local sales taxes of the city, county and districts, collected by the Missouri Department of Revenue) · 7 rates
Kansas City local sales taxes on hotel rooms (4.5%-7.75% by county and district) (Local sales taxes in Kansas City, Missouri on hotel rooms (city, county, zoo district, plus any CID/TDD/PID))
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Area | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| All types of stay | Clay or platte county part (no district), e.g. most northland hotels | 4.5% |
| All types of stay | Jackson county part (no district) | 4.75% |
| All types of stay | Cass county part | 4.875% |
| All types of stay | Clay or platte county part in one 1% cid or tdd (e.g. kci airport cid) | 5.5% |
| All types of stay | Jackson county part in the kansas city main street rail tdd only (streetcar corridor) | 5.75% |
| All types of stay | Jackson county: main street rail tdd plus one cid or tdd (e.g. convention center headquarters hotel cid, country club plaza tdd, westport cid, power & light-area cids) | 6.75% |
| All types of stay | Jackson county: main street rail tdd plus two more districts (e.g. 1200 main/south loop tdd and cid; districts 1 and 6 pid) | 7.75% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Source: Local sales taxes as tabled by MO DOR for jurisdiction 38000 (Kansas City) in each county; rooms are in the sales tax base under RSMo 144.020.1(6); CID (RSMo 67.1545) and TDD (RSMo 238.235) sales taxes apply to retail sales taxable under RSMo 144,
checked 6 Nov 2026. The source says: 38000-095-000 8.9750% 7.4750%
Kansas City convention and tourism tax on hotel rooms (7.5%) (Convention and Tourism Tax - Hotels, Motels, and Tourist Courts (7.5%))
Set by City of Kansas City, Missouri (Finance Department, Revenue Division) · 1 rate
Kansas City convention and tourism tax on hotel rooms (7.5%) (Convention and Tourism Tax - Hotels, Motels, and Tourist Courts (7.5%))
Rates of the room price, per night (as the source defines it).
| Type of stay | Rate |
|---|---|
| All types of stay | 7.5% |
Paid at the property or to the booking site, depending on how you book.
Who pays less or nothing
- Other
- Other
Source: Code of Ordinances, Chapter 68, Article IX (Convention and Tourism Tax), as cited by the City, checked 6 Nov 2026.
Checked 6 Nov 2026 · next check due by 15 Jan 2027.