WOW! We just discovered AirBnB is collecting Hotel Taxes for the State of Texas. The Texas Comptrollers office confirmed AirBnB has been doing this since May 1, 2017. We were not notified, and cannot find any communication from AirBnB on this process.
Hence, we've paid Hotel taxes twice, and now have the onerous task of recalculating and resubmitting corrections.
On top of that, only AirBnB is doing this. Our listings on other sites are not. We are left to sort this out.
One property is listed on two sites including AirBnB listing, and we have to sort out which booking have taxes paid and which do not.
AirBnB sends Texas one check for a jurisdiction, without property or owner identification. The State of Texas does not know that there are taxes paid on our behalf. We could be at risk.
There is no way to Opt Out of the AirBnB tax collection and payment. They have a contract with the State of Texas.
The Guests are essentially paying taxes twice because we set rates to include Hotel Taxes.
We are totally baffeled by the mess AirBnB has created.
OH, there is more to the story when it comes to the IRS.......
