(a) The tax levied shall be remitted by all operators who lease, rent or charge for rooms or spaces in hotels within the municipality, to such officer as may by the ordinance be charged with the duty of collection of that tax, the tax to be remitted to such officer not later than the twentieth day of each month for the preceding month. The operator is required to collect the tax from the transient at the time of the presentation of the invoice for occupancy as may be the custom of the operator, and if credit is granted by the operator to the transient, then the obligation to the municipality entitled to such tax shall be that of the operator.(b) For the purpose of compensating the operator in accounting for remitting the tax levied pursuant to this part, the operator shall be allowed two percent (2%) of the amount of the tax due and accounted for and remitted to the officer in the form of a deduction in submitting the operator's report and paying the amount due by such operator; provided, that the amount due was not delinquent at the time of payment.(c) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, on or after January 1, 2021, the tax levied pursuant to this part, when levied upon vided, that the amount due was not delinquent at the time of payment.(c) Notwithstanding this part to the contrary, on or after January 1, 2021, the tax levied pursuant to this part, when levied upon the occupancy of a short-term rental unit secured through a short-term rental unit marketplace, must be collected and remitted in accordance with chapter 4, part 15 of this title.Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 787, s 8, eff. 1/1/2021.Acts 1988, ch. 982, § 6.
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