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Guides for Los Angeles Short-Term Rental Hosts

Occupancy tax, the 30-day rule and the Home-Sharing cap for LA Airbnb and hybrid hosts, summarized from the City of Los Angeles's own documents with links to each source.

• Los Angeles Transient Occupancy Tax for Short-Term Rental Hosts: The City of LA's 14% Transient Occupancy Tax for Airbnb, Vrbo and direct-booking hosts: what is taxable, when it is due, and what Airbnb does and does not collect for you.
• The 30-Day Rule: When Monthly Stays in LA Are Exempt from Occupancy Tax: How the City of Los Angeles decides whether a monthly guest owes Transient Occupancy Tax, why the paperwork at check-in matters, and the rule for company bookings.
• LA Home-Sharing Rules: The 120-Day Cap and What Counts Toward It: What the City of Los Angeles Home-Sharing guidelines (effective September 28, 2026) say about the 120-day annual cap, Extended Home-Sharing, and which stays count as short-term rentals.