Adding a performance tax to the climate crisis resilience fee.

[Sofronios0]

Good evening dear hosts!
I wish everyone a good year with health and prosperity!
I would like to receive your opinions on a problem that I am facing with the issue of the following tax that has been submitted by the government of Greece of which I am a citizen and resident!
On 31/12/2024, as you will see in the documents below, this specific tax was imposed, in which the visitor is asked to submit 15 euros for each night's stay in high season periods and 4 euros in low season periods.
I would like to emphasize that the tax has nothing to do with the number of people in each reservation!
From one to eight or ten guests, the price is the same and concerns the total number of nights spent in each reservation!

This specific tax is not available exactly as you mention in the menu of the Airbnb platform.
I was informed by the Airbnb help center to mention it in the description, but it does not have enough space in graphic characters to allow for so much analysis and to also contain the description of the accommodation!
Booking displays it in detail to the guest before paying in the following way

10 nights of 100€ = 1000€
75€ cleaning
15 euros tax per night for the climate crisis for 10 nights = 150€
Total 1225€
Can any of you inform me what they have done in a similar case on the Airbnb platform?

https://www.aade.gr/sites/default/files/2025-01/a_1202_2024.pdf

https://www.aade.gr/sites/default/files/2024-01/a_1217_2023.pdf

https://www.aade.gr/sites/default/files/2018-02/pol_1015_2018.pdf

[Quincy]

Hi @Sofronios0. How long have you been facing this issue? Has there been a recent regulation change in Greece?

I'd be curious to hear how others have navigated this. I've tagged a few hosts who can hopefully provide you with some support. 

@Eleni219 @George2242 @Παναγιωτης7 @Anestis4 @Ira4 @Maria22417 @Mihalis0 @Anna14998 @Emmanuel9 

In the meantime, you might find this Help Center article about Responsible hosting in Greece 👈helpful in finding more information about taxes in your area.

There's also a post in the Community Center about Adding new taxes and updating existing bookings - Greece. 👈

Hope this helps!

[Mihalis0]

Hello @Sofronios0 ,

I didnt understand your problem, is that you can not inform your guests about the extra enviromental fee that they have to pay?  

To add the tax you select listings from your page--

Select the list you want to add the fee--

From the list editor press edit preferences--and add tax Custom tax collection

Hope i help you,

I will be at your disposal.

Friendly Regards,

[Alex13271]

Hi Mihalis!

The issue is you cant add the tax according to seasons. the price for "off" season and "peak" season is different. people book for different times of the year all the time so you cant charge them the different price when you add this tax, it has to be one set amount. off season is 2 euros a night, high season is 8 euros a night. some people book for june already in January...  airbnb has to add a feature designed to add this new tax that will change the amount according to the month the booking is made for. so far there is no such feature. Thanks.

[Kathryn780]

I am experiencing exactly the same problem. We have a stone built two storey cottage in the garden of our home in Pelion, Greece. It is 105m2. It is beautiful but simple, surrounded by nature and near to the sea. It has no air-conditioning or internet which our customers are very happy with. But it now has the 15 EUR per day climate resilience fee which is a significant addition tourist tax. I asked Airbnb to include it on the listing as a separate tax but they refused ( via customer support messaging ) So I have described it in the description and point it out when receiving a booking enquiry. So far of the three enquiries this year none have followed up. It is such a large amount that is not obvious before booking. Other hosts may include it in the nightly rental but that is not acceptable because the client and host then has to pay Airbnb charges and I will be taxed in Greece as income. 

So for me the correct solution is for Airbnb to explain the charge as a tourist tax and collect it from the guest. My invoice from Airbnb will then show the rental charge which is my taxable income and separately the climate resilience tax that I then have to pay on behalf of the guest 

[Alex]

Hi @Sofronios0! 

Hope you are having a great start of the week. 😄

I see you got a lot of opinions in your post. Did you check their answers? I'm sure they'll be helpful to understand this case better. 🙂

Have a lovely day, 

Alex