BAHAMAS HOTEL VACATION RENTAL TAX NOW 10%

Effective July 1, 2010, the Bahamas hotel tax on vacation rentals has increased from 6% to 10%. Those owners renting a vacation rental(s) in Spanish Wells-Russell Island, Eleuthera can submit their monthly returns and payment for ten percent of the rental income collected from guests to the Administrator's Office in Spanish Wells, Eleuthera (the pink building next to the yellow school on Main Street in Spanish Wells).

The monthly return can be completed and mailed in or you can stop by the local office. The return form can be found on the http://www.tourismtoday.com/ website. Here is the link to the monthly return itself. Currently, the Spanish Wells office accepts for payment US checks or Bahamian checks addressed to the Public Treasury, money orders, and cash.

The Spanish Wells Administrator's office phone # is 242-333-4054 or 4409
adminoffspanishwells@bahamas.gov.bs
Address:
Spanish Wells District Administrator
Samuel Guy Street
Spanish Wells, Eleuthera
Bahamas

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BahamasPost.com

Travel Weekly.com

Note the airport departure tax and cruise departure tax also increased from $15 to $20 per traveler.