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Davenport, Florida short-term rental rules and tourist tax
Source-backed Davenport STR tax guidance: 12% for the scoped ordinary transient lodging scenario, with the local collector, taxable fee pool, boundaries, and filing duties explained.
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Occupancy tax calculator
Estimate occupancy tax in Davenport, Florida
Enter the nightly rate and stay length to estimate the lodging taxes and guest total for this jurisdiction.
- Gross rent$150.00 × 3 nights
- $450.00
- Mandatory taxable feesRequired cleaning, resort, or similar fees included in the tax base.
- $0.00
- Florida sales and use tax on transient rentals (6%) $450.00 × 6%
- $27.00
- Polk County discretionary sales surtax (1%) $450.00 × 1%
- $4.50
- Polk County tourist development tax (5%) $450.00 × 5%
- $22.50
- Estimated taxes and fees
- $54.00
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Assumptions used
- Ordinary transient base case: The estimate uses the listed source-backed tax lines for an ordinary taxable transient stay in the jurisdiction boundary. It does not infer an address, parcel, tax district, or property class from the city name.
What may change the final amount
- Local district applicability. Florida county discretionary-surtax and tourist-development layers can vary by property address, incorporated boundary, or tourist-development district. The calculator models only the common source-backed layers listed above; verify the parcel with the local collector before treating the estimate as final.
- Stay and mandatory-fee treatment. A qualifying long-term or continuous-residence stay, statutory exemption, marketplace collection arrangement, or a mandatory-fee category treated differently by the authority can change the result. The calculator assumes an ordinary transient taxable stay and one mandatory-fee pool.
Estimated tax is $54.00. Estimated guest total is $504.00.
Estimate only. Verify the property jurisdiction, exemptions, taxable charges, filing duties, and marketplace collection with the linked official sources.
Answer first
Davenport lodging tax: calculate 12% for the ordinary transient scenario
For incorporated davenport within polk county; a marketed davenport address outside city limits must be resolved to its actual jurisdiction., the sourced component estimate is 12% of the common taxable lodging pool.
- Florida sales and use tax
- 6%Florida DOR identifies transient rentals as taxable short-term living accommodations.
- Polk County discretionary sales surtax
- 1%The current 2026 DOR surtax table supplies the county component.
- Polk County tourist development tax
- 5%Polk County’s current collector guidance applies its 5% TDT to transient accommodations rented six months or less and assigns host/operator filing duties.
- Combined component estimate
- 12%6% Florida sales/use tax + 1% Polk DSS + 5% Polk TDT; the six-month rule remains a condition and is not encoded as maximumNights.
Confirm the Davenport lodging boundary before using the estimate
Incorporated Davenport within Polk County; a marketed Davenport address outside city limits must be resolved to its actual jurisdiction.
Match the property to Davenport or the governing county
Use the actual property address and the official boundary or district source, not a listing marketing name.
Keep local STR permission separate from tax arithmetic
The tax sources close the transaction-tax components; zoning, licensing, and local STR permission remain separate checks.
Use one aggregate amount for room charge and mandatory lodging fees
The calculator fee input is one stay-total pool. The cited sources use the same lodging consideration model across the modeled lines for this scenario.
- Include
- Room charge and mandatory lodging fees required as a condition of the stay.
- Exclude
- Refundable security deposits, separately stated non-lodging goods/services, and documented exemptions.
Register, collect, and file with Polk County Tax Collector
Use the current official collector and Florida DOR instructions for account setup, channel reconciliation, and filing.
Register the lodging activity
Open the cited state or local collector source and confirm the current account/registration path.
Collect the separate tax components
Apply 6% Florida sales/use tax + 1% Polk DSS + 5% Polk TDT to the common taxable lodging pool; do not replace the lines with an unsourced combined rate.
Reconcile marketplace or manager coverage
Polk County requires the host or responsible payment recipient to maintain the county account, file monthly returns, and reconcile marketplace or manager coverage.
File and retain records
Follow the collector deadline, zero-return, allowance, and exemption-record instructions where stated.
What is local about Davenport and Polk County
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the 12% estimate the combined lodging tax for Davenport?
Yes for the scoped scenario: 6% Florida sales/use tax + 1% Polk DSS + 5% Polk TDT. The estimate applies to the common taxable room-and-mandatory-fee pool and is not a filing guarantee.
Does the six-month rule make a 29-night stay ineligible?
No. The six-month transient boundary is retained as a condition; this conservative 1-29-night scenario does not encode a calendar-month rule as maximumNights.
Does every marketplace collect the local tax?
Polk County requires the host or responsible payment recipient to maintain the county account, file monthly returns, and reconcile marketplace or manager coverage.
What should I verify before listing?
Confirm the property boundary and local STR permissions, complete required state/local registrations, and retain the official filing and exemption records.