(especially in legal usage) a person who purchases or contracts to purchase; buyer. Origin of emptor. 1870-1875. 1870-75; < Latin: buyer, equivalent to em(ere) to buy + -tor -tor, with intrusive -p-. Examples from the Web for emptor.
Taxes. Because rent is considered income, it is taxable to the extent that your income is taxable. For example, if your income (including rent) minus any allowable exemptions and deductions is still taxable, then your rent is taxable. However, if you also use the rental property as your home, and you rent it out less than 15 days out of the year, then the rent you collect is not considered part of your income.
Transient Occupancy Tax. The Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT), also known as the hotel bed tax, is paid for the occupancy of a guest room. The tax is collected by the operator from each transient with the room payment and, subsequently, remitted to the City of Long Beach. The current rate of tax is 12% (twelve percent) of the rent, half of which is paid to the General Fund and half is paid to the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund. (Please refer to the Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) for definitions of hotel, guest room, operator, transient and rent).