British Columbia Taxes

[Lorelei1]

I am in need of some serious help! I don't think my tax settings are correct, I really don't know why my guests are paying so much taxes!

Can someone help me understand this. I have been a host for 7 years and always added the tax into my price. But I have now added my GST number and the taxes are outrageous. I'll include a picture of a reservation. Thank you!

 

[Paula]

Hello @Daniel13755,

Have you tried reaching out to the support team for assistance with your specific case? If so, what did they say?

Regards,

[Daniel13755]

I have, it has been a bad experience to be honest. Said they would get back to me and never called back. It seems most of the people I spoke to didn't understand this issue or know how to find the answers

[Derek383]

Hey @Daniel13755, I"m in a similar situation to you. I think because you have GST number attached to your listing Air BNB IS NOT collecting GST and remitting it for you. You are using the property use tax to do that for yourself.

I look at the payout summaries of each of my bookings and I don't ever see GST being collected by Air BNB (even though they said they do do this). 

[Emily2450]

Thats what I thought too, but then when I broke down the taxes charged and did the perecentages, they were charging 13%, plus my 5% "Property Use Tax" (GST that I put in). 13% didn't make sense to me, but my accountant looked into it and apparently PST is 8% on accommodations in BC + 5% GST. So guests were paying around 18% taxes, and GST was getting remitted twice.

All we need to do to avoid being on the hook for the GST is to be able to prove that GST has been charged and remitted, and Airbnb has now added in a "tax breakdown" in their taxes charged section. So if you were ever asked, you could give them a breakdown of this report