Short-Term Rental Rules and Hotel Tax in Fort Worth, Aledo and Parker County

We clean short-term rentals; we are not lawyers or tax advisers. This guide summarizes what each city and the State of Texas publish, from official pages we checked in November 2026, with a link to each one. Rules change, so confirm with the city, and with a tax adviser, before you list or file.

Texas taxes short-term rentals the same way it taxes hotels. The Tax Code defines a hotel to include the rental of all or part of a residential property to a person who is not a permanent resident, and the Comptroller sets the state rate at 6% of the cost of a room, noting that people leasing their houses must collect it. A guest who has the right to stay for at least 30 consecutive days is exempt from the state tax.

For stays of 29 nights or fewer, Airbnb collects the Texas state tax on the listing price plus the cleaning fee. The same Airbnb page lists the local taxes it collects; when we checked, that list did not include Fort Worth, Benbrook, Aledo, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Annetta, Tarrant County or Parker County, and Airbnb says hosts in areas not listed are responsible for the other tax obligations.

Fort Worth adopted a short-term rental ordinance in February 2023. According to the city’s short-term rental page (last updated January 2024):

• Registration is required every year: $150 for the first application and $100 to renew. Owners confirm the property’s zoning and register before listing it.
• Zoning decides where rentals are allowed. Short-term rentals are permitted in mixed-use and most form-based, commercial and industrial districts, and are not allowed in residential districts (A, AR, B, R1, R2, CR, C, D and UR). The city names rezoning to a planned development as an option, without a guarantee.
• Hosts collect a 9% city hotel tax (7% hotel tax plus 2% convention tax) from their guests.

The city’s hotel occupancy tax page says the tax is filed monthly online, by the 25th day of the month after the stays.

The single-family rules have been tested in court. In Modern Builders, LLC v. City of Fort Worth, decided in May 2026, the Second Court of Appeals’ case summary describes the ordinances as rationally related to preserving the character of single-family neighborhoods.

Walsh is inside the city of Fort Worth, so Fort Worth’s rules apply there even though homes carry an Aledo mailing address. Westover Hills and Benbrook are separate cities with their own rules. Check your homeowners association’s deed restrictions as well.

Willow Park

Willow Park levies a 7% city hotel occupancy tax that expressly covers short-term rentals of 30 consecutive days or less, according to the city’s hotel occupancy tax funds policy (Code of Ordinances section 11.04.002). Ask City Hall how and when to remit it.

Hudson Oaks

Hudson Oaks levies a 7% occupancy tax that is reported and paid by the operator directly to the city. The city’s finance page does not say how it applies to short-term rentals, so confirm with the city.

Aledo

We did not find short-term rental rules or a city hotel tax on the City of Aledo’s website. That does not mean there are none: call City Hall before you list, and check your neighborhood’s deed restrictions.

Annetta, Annetta North and Annetta South

These are small towns with limited information online. Ask each town directly, along with your homeowners association if you have one.

Parker County

We did not find a county hotel occupancy tax published for Parker County. The Parker County Tax Assessor-Collector can confirm.

Benbrook’s adopted budget includes a Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax Fund, so the city does collect hotel tax, but we did not find its rate or any short-term rental registration on the city’s website. Ask the city before listing a home near Benbrook Lake or elsewhere in town.

1. Confirm the city. Check which city your address is in, not just the mailing address: Walsh is Fort Worth, Westover Hills is its own town.
2. Check zoning and register where the city requires it, before the listing goes live.
3. Read your deed restrictions. Homeowners associations can restrict rentals even where the city allows them.
4. Set up tax collection. Know which taxes your platform collects and which you must collect and file yourself.
5. Talk to your insurer about short-term rental use of the home.
6. Plan the turnovers. Decide who cleans, how linens are handled and how damage is documented. Our turnover checklist covers the details.

When Airbnb collects the Texas state hotel tax, it charges it on the cleaning fee as well as the listing price, so the fee you set matters twice. Our guide to setting an Airbnb cleaning fee walks through it. When you are ready to hand off turnovers, our Airbnb cleaning service covers Aledo, the Parker County cities around it, Benbrook and West Fort Worth.