Adding taxes to a home listing

Airbnb has a tool to help you manage taxes more easily. Our custom tax tool assists you in collecting taxes from guests for your listing. It’s now available to most hosts, and not only when using Professional Hosting Tools.

Collecting taxes from guests using our custom tax tool

If you’re a host who has the obligation to collect and remit certain taxes on your bookings, you may be eligible to collect taxes directly from guests by using our custom tax tool. With this tool, you can set the type of tax, the way you want to collect it (percentage per booking, fee per guest, fee per night, or fee per guest per night), and what you want to collect it on (nightly price, fees, and other charges).

The ways taxes for your listing can be submitted

If you’re in a region or jurisdiction where we don’t collect and submit any taxes on your behalf, or where we automatically collect and submit some but not all taxes on your behalf: You may still be able to add taxes to your listing in addition to any taxes we may automatically collect and submit on your behalf.

• Taxes you submit: Any taxes you add are charged to guests and sent to you to submit to the tax authorities.
• Taxes Airbnb submits: Any taxes we automatically collect on your behalf are submitted directly to the tax authorities by us.

When you use our custom tax tool, taxes will be calculated based on your settings. Guests are shown any taxes you’ve applied in the Taxes section of their price breakdown. The custom taxes will be charged to guests and sent to you to submit to the tax authorities.

What can be taxed

• Nightly rate
• Additional fees, including management, community, and linen fees
• Cleaning fees
• Number of guests
• Number of nights

What you cannot add taxes to

• Airbnb service fees
• Security deposits

This tool isn’t available under certain conditions and the types of taxes you can collect through this tool may not cover your needs. Learn more about why you may not be able to add taxes.

What’s available as a taxable base

Please note that taxable base selection is only available for the percentage per reservation type of charge. All other types of charge do not allow you to choose a taxable base.

If you host a non-Luxe listing, the following price items are available as a taxable base for your custom tax rule:

• Base price
• Cleaning fee
• Linen fee
• Resort fee
• Management fee
• Community fee

Multiple taxable bases can be selected for 1 rule. However, taxes will be calculated only if you have set a price for that price item.

How to add taxes for individual listings

If we collect and submit taxes for your listing

The Taxes Airbnb Submits section shows what Airbnb collects and submits on your behalf. You may be able to add more taxes to the taxes we already collect. We’ll collect these taxes in addition to the taxes we automatically collect on your behalf. The taxes you add will be charged to guests and sent to you to submit to the tax authorities. You can review the tax amounts collected by Airbnb.

Add your registration number

Accommodations tax registration number

Many jurisdictions issue an accommodations tax registration number, which is the unique number you were assigned by your local taxing jurisdiction. Depending on the jurisdiction, this may be an accommodations tax-specific registration number or a local business registration or account number. For example, in Florida, your accommodations tax registration number would be your state sales tax registration number for sales tax, and county tourist development tax number for tourist development tax.

Your accommodations tax registration number will vary based on the specific tax you are collecting in addition to the jurisdiction.

Tax exemptions depend on jurisdiction

A booking may be eligible for an exemption if it meets certain qualifications. What qualifies as an exemption depends on the jurisdiction the listing is in. For example:

• Jurisdiction Y—a booking greater than X nights isn’t taxable (long-term exemption)
• Jurisdiction Z—only the first X nights are taxable based on certain conditions (partial-stay exemption)

These fields are optional. Check with your local tax authority if an exemption is applicable in your area.

Maximum cap for Tourist Tax

In certain jurisdictions, there may be a maximum amount of Tourist Tax that can be collected on a booking. The maximum amount is usually a per person per night maximum. This is also known as a maximum cap, or “max cap” rule. For example:

• Jurisdiction X has a Tourist Tax rate of 3% for the first 7 nights of a booking, and a maximum amount of Tourist Taxes that can apply to a booking of 5 euros per person per night. If a guest makes a booking for 2 people and 3 nights, the Tourist Tax calculation would be 3% of the nightly rate for the first 7 nights, not to exceed the maximum cap of 30 euros. In this illustrative example, the partial-stay exemption is 7.

Check with your local tax authorities if there is a maximum amount of Tourist Taxes that should be applied in your area.

Seasonal Tourist Tax rates

If you have a listing in an area that imposes differing rates per season, you can now configure those in the custom tax tool. Simply add the tax rates and the timeframe those rates are applicable. Once set, the taxes will be applied based on the date of stay to ensure the correct rates are charged to guests.

How tax payouts work

Taxes you’ve added with this tool are charged to the guest and will be paid out to you separately from your payout for the booking. Your payout includes your nightly price, cleaning fee, and any other fees you’re collecting for new bookings, minus the host service fee. You’re responsible for providing the tax amount you want to be collected. And, as always, you’re responsible for submitting, paying, and reporting all taxes related to your bookings to the relevant tax authorities. Learn more about your tax reporting and payouts.

How taxes affect your total price

Your total price will increase after adding new taxes. So if you previously included taxes in your nightly price, you’ll have to adjust your nightly price after adding new custom taxes to keep your nightly price the same.

Information we share with relevant tax authorities

Airbnb may disclose data and other information related to transactions and taxes to the relevant tax authority, such as your name, listing address, applicable business and tax ID numbers, accommodation fees, service fees, gross bookings, tax payout amounts, reservation dates, and transaction dates.