Cleaning fees discrepancy

Cyndy3
Level 2
Austin, TX

Cleaning fees discrepancy

I am working on income tax here in the US. I pay the housekeeper $50 more per cleaning ($125 ) vs what I charge guests ($75).

I am wondering how to report this as it doesn’t jive with Airbnb’s totals. 
Should I just stick with what Airbnb says to keep it less confusing? 

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Mike-And-Jane0
Top Contributor
England, United Kingdom

@Cyndy3 Not sure who's tax you are doing but you need to declare the cleaner's income at $125 and you need to set your revenue from Airbnb as the rental plus $75 minus 3.?% for their fees. You then have a deduction for costs of $125.

Emilia42
Level 10
Orono, ME

@Cyndy3 On your income taxes you need to claim your Gross earnings as reported on your 2020 Earnings summary. Then you can file for deductions which in your case would be Airbnb service fees, the amount paid to the housekeeper, etc., etc.