Registration Form

The City of Houston, acting through Houston First Corporation, a local government corporation, requires that this form be completed for each physical hotel, motel, bed & breakfast or other temporary lodging subject to hotel occupancy tax.

Questions regarding this form should be directed to our tax office at hoteltax@houstonfirst.com.

New Registration?

Enter Tax Account Number (if known)

A. Property Information

(Bold items are required)

Trade Name of Hotel/Motel/Lodging (actual name under which you do business)

Business Phone Number

Physical Address of Hotel / Motel/ Lodging (a P.O. Box will be rejected)

Number of Rooms

Name of General Manager/Primary Contact

Contact Phone Number

General Manager/Primary Contact Address (if different from above)

Contact Email Address

B. Owner Information

Owner’s Full Legal Name (be sure to include Inc., LLC or Corp., as appropriate)

Owner’s Mailing Address (if different from above) Owner Email Address Is the business a Sole Proprietorship or General Partnership?

If You Answered “Yes” to this item, then please complete the next section.

Partner Names Ownership Percentage Drivers License

C. Prior Owner Information

Has the Hotel/Motel/Lodging changed ownership in the last four years? (yes or no)

If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please complete the following questions in this section.

Trade Name of PriorOwner’s Hotel/Motel /Lodging

Date of Purchase/Acquisition

Prior Owner’s Full Legal Name (be sure to include Inc., LLC or Corp., as appropriate)

Prior Owners Federal TaxID

Prior Owners Mailing Address

Prior Owners Phone Number

Was Either Party Issued a Certificate of No Tax Due?

Prior Owners Email Address

D. Authorized Agent

If an agent has been authorized to represent the Owner regarding hotel tax matters, please complete this section.

Name of Authorized Agent

Agents Phone Number

Authorized Agents Contact Address

Agents Email Address

Who should be contacted in the event of an audit?

Audit Contact Name

Audit Contact Phone Number

Audit Contact Address

Audit Contact Email Address

E. Records and Audits

Please indicate the physical address where accounting records for this Hotel/Motel/Lodging are kept:

Are records maintained manually, electronically (computerized) or both?

Is the Accounting/Bookkeeping Function performed in-house?

If you answered "No" to the previous item, please complete the rest of this section.

Name of Accountant Firm/Individual

Accountant Phone Number

Accountant Address

Accountant Email Address

F. Acknowledgment and Signature

I declare that the information contained in this form and any attachments are true and correct to the best of my

knowledge and may be relied upon by the City of Houston and Houston First Corporation:

Authorized Signature (Printed Name)

Date

Title