Rates rising for short-term rentals, unchanged for structures with four stars and above
After more than a decade, the city of Milan increases the tariffs City tax, the increases start from 1 January 2024 and once again short-term rentals will pay the price, which will undergo increases of 50%.
For campsites, tourist villages, hostels, one-star hotels and two-star residences the tax increases from €2 to €2,50. For two-star hotels and three-star residences and holiday homes the price goes up from €3 to €3,50. Three-star hotels and residences in four stars range from 4 to €4,50. B&Bs, holiday homes, short-term rentals and guesthouses, from €3 to €4,50. Rates unchanged for structures with four stars and above.
It is estimated that it will end up in the coffers of Palazzo Marino, will be 60 million euros, approximately 5 million more than in 2023.
Figures that could become higher, because the resolution signed by the Councilor for Tourism, Martina Riva and by the budget holder Emmanuel Conte, provides for the establishment of a task force dedicated to identifying tax evaders.
Furthermore, a request has been made to the government to raise the maximum tax ceiling to 10 euros.
The limit now, for all cities, excluding the capital, is 5 euros for 4 and 5 star hotels. «For this reason - says councilor Riva - we have presented an amendment to the draft of the upcoming budget law for raising the maximum ceiling. If a room in a luxury hotel costs 2000 euros per night, it wouldn't seem so disproportionate to me to ask for a contribution from the city of 10 euros instead of 5." «There has been no action on the rates of the tourist tax since 2017 – says Riva -. Then Milan was far from being there tourist destination of international interest which is today. With over 6,3 million arrivals registered in the city from January to September 2023 alone, Milan is experiencing the best tourist period in its history and it would be reckless not to immediately define a strategy that allows us to manage and not passively suffer the increase in flow of visitors. If our city offers so much to its visitors, then we ask the same visitors to leave something for the city."
The revenue will be used to finance essential tourism services such as transportation and safety. «Tourism – says Emmanuel Conte – is certainly a source of wealth and economic well-being, but a high number of tourists has an impact on the city. The tourist tax is one of the few means of tax autonomy left to the municipalities, which continue to suffer, even in the budget law, spending cuts that impose sacrifices to the detriment of our fellow citizens. I renew my request that national regulations truly make it an equalization tool available to all local authorities."
Exempt categories
The categories exempt from the Milan tourist tax are minors under 18, young people under thirty who choose to stay in hostels, companions of individuals hospitalized or undergoing post-hospitalisation treatment, people who stay in facilities managed by non-profit entities after on the fourteenth day of stay, law enforcement and armed forces on duty in the city, university students up to twenty-six years of age staying in boarding houses or university residences, disabled people and companions, Civil Protection volunteers, and guests staying for emergencies.
