Pontotoc Tourism Tax

A 2% tax is imposed on the gross proceeds of room rentals and on the sales of restaurants where prepared food and drink is sold in Pontotoc. This levy is in addition to all other taxes imposed. Repeal date July 1, 2028.

“Hotel” or “motel” means any establishment engaged in the business of furnishing or providing rooms intended or designed for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes to transient guests, which establishment consists of 6 or more guest rooms, and does not include any hospital, convalescent or nursing home or sanitarium, or any hotel-like facility operated by or in connection with a hospital or medical clinic providing rooms exclusively for patients and their families.

“Restaurant” means all places where prepared food and beverages are sold for consumption, whether such food is consumed on the premises or not. Such term does not include any school, hospital, convalescent or nursing home, or any restaurant like facility operated by or in connection with a school, hospital, medical clinic, convalescent or nursing home providing food for students, patients, visitors or their families.