Sardis Tourism Tax

A 3% tax is imposed on the gross proceeds of hotels and motels and on the sales of prepared food and beverages from the operation of a restaurant or bar or both within the City of Sardis. The effective date is November 1, 2009 and is repealed July 1, 2021. Reinstated July 1, 2022. Repeal date July 1, 2026.
“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 on the premises. 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.