AUBURN, Calif. — People in Auburn will decide on raising the transient occupancy tax by 2%.
If Measure F passes, it would increase the sales tax from 8% to 10%, according to a staff report. Raising the tax would increase annual revenue by about $162,000, according to the city of Auburn.
Funds from the sales tax would go toward funding police, fire, street maintenance, pothole repairs, parks and general government use for maintaining other city services, according to a summary of the measure appearing on the November ballot.
The full measure reads:
Shall the measure funding police, fire, street maintenance, pothole repairs, parks, and for general government use for maintaining other City services by increasing the City’s transient occupancy tax (paid only by hotel and lodging guests) on hotel rent by 2% matching nearby city rates, and by extending it to short-term rentals, to last until voters end it, raising approximately $162,000 in additional revenue per year that cannot be taken by the State, be adopted?
Find more information about the tax HERE.
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Transient Occupancy Tax Rates in Placer County
Here are the rates in Placer County as of July 2024.
- Auburn: 8%
- Colfax: 10%
- Lincoln: 10%
- Loomis: 8%
- Placer County (unincorporated): 8%
- Rocklin: 10%
- Roseville: 10%
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