What do hotels need to verify an exemption?
Hotels can accept exemption certificates in good faith when the guest provides the following supporting documentation: • federal employees traveling on government business – a valid government identification card; • designated Texas state employees – a special hotel tax exemption photo ID or card that states holder is exempt from hotel taxes; • foreign diplomats – a tax exemption card issued by the U.S. Department of State that exempts the diplomat or mission, unless the card specifically excludes hotel tax; • employees and representatives of a specific nonprofit entity or a nonprofit charitable, educational, or religious organization traveling on organization business – a Comptroller’s letter of hotel tax exemption or verification that the organization is on the Comptroller’s list of exempted entities, such as a printed copy of the Comptroller’s website listing the organization as exempt for hotel tax. See reference below.
