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City Tax Berlin

Accommodation tax for business travelers

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From 1 April 2024, business travellers will also be required to pay a City Tax for hotel stays in Berlin undertaken for professional and business purposes. The tax amounts to five percent of the net hotel room price.

Additional services, such as breakfast or the use of other hotel amenities, remain tax-free.

 

Please be informed that the decision to introduce an overnight stay tax in Berlin is a political measure aimed at ensuring the long-term quality of your Berlin experience. This decision was made by Berlin’s Senate Department for Finance, not by visitBerlin.

  • Important: The overnight stay tax will only apply to business trips that are contractually agreed upon after 1 April 2024. For hotel reservations made on or before 31 March 2024, the City Tax will not be applied.

  • Business travellers are therefore no longer automatically exempt from the overnight stay tax in Berlin and must provide proof of the booking date.

  • The overnight stay tax has applied in Berlin since 2014 to all private overnight guests, including children and school groups*, in all commercial and private accommodations such as hotels, guesthouses, holiday apartments, hostels, youth hostels, and

  • *Overnight costs for school trips are exempt from the overnight stay tax if a confirmation from the school administration approving the trip is provided.

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