Sales taxes in the United States are taxes placed on the sale or lease of goods and services in the United States. In the United States, sales tax is governed at the state level and no national general sales tax exists. read more
This is not a tax that the hotel charges, although many "resorts" do have a "resort fee" that can be construed of as a tax, but it isn't a tax, it's a fee. Here is a good article that explains what happened in Michigan. read more