Hotel Occupancy Tax

[Phil3896]

I see that this topic has been talked about but I'm not finding a good answer.

I'm in Tyler, Texas with one property. The HOT (hotel occupancy tax) that AirBnB collects is a STATE tax that is sent to the State of Texas. There is a LOCAL 9% HOT that is not collected and thus not remitted to the city. 

I'd LOVE to know if there is a way to auto-add this to a reservation so the guest can see it. I'm then HOPING it would be reported in the CSV we can download so I can report and remit the 9% to the city without a ton of spreadsheet gyrations.

Anyone else have experience with this? 

[Mia1561]

Thanks, Paula! I will reach out to Phil that way 

[Ashley1989]

I’m glad you asked this question because I was thinking the same exact thing!

[Michelle2565]

Will be leaving the AirBnb platform for rentals for the very reason that in Angelina County , Texas, Airbnb does not collect the 7% Occupancy tax for me. For Airbnb to do so, I must check the box for them to collect all taxes , but then I must remit all of the money to the state and local offices. 

This is way too much trouble when VRBO collects all taxes for me.

[Joan2709]

Hi @Michelle2565 

Yes, I ran into the same issue with Cameron County Texas. Apparently, the county has not set up the ability with Airbnb for Hosts to add a Custom Tax. The only option is default to ALL Taxes to be collected and paid to Host (including the Texas State Occupancy Tax of 6%). This means Airbnb would collect both State and Local taxes and pay the Host, who in turn is responsible for paying both the state and the county...what a pain. Its strange because several other listings I work with in different states DO have the option to add a custom tax on Airbnb. I have Pro Tools turned on, and the other listings have the Add a Tax field, but not in Texas?

I found this out when creating the listing on Vrbo and seeing they DO offer the option to collect the county tax in Texas? Why can't Airbnb do the same?