Occupancy Taxes?

[David3394]

Occupancy Tax is killing our listing!

If AirBNB is collecting and (likely) not actually paying the tax to the jurisdiction, would you please lower your service fee to help the host to be competitive? This new addition to the total price is VERY disappointing.

We are NOT a hotel... it's a peer-to-peer network. Hire a creative tax attorney who has some guts. Stand up for the hosts. Don't cave. This is a serious issue that has not really been resolved.

[Billie51]

In California (unincorporated S. Lake Tahoe area), Airbnb has been collecting and paying the 10% Occupancy Tax directly to the County.  I still have to fill out a Quarterly Transient Occupancy form every quarter.  When looking at the Transaction History for my 10 guests during the first quarter of 2022, I realized Airbnb had paid the tax for only 6 out of the 10 guests!   

One rep at Airbnb said that Airbnb is legally responsible to pay it, but when will that be, if at all?!  The County tells me it's due by April 30, 2022, and I will be penalized if it's not paid.  If I pay the additional tax, is Airbnb going to reimburse me?  Can't get answers from them.  Is anyone else having this same experience?

[Billie51]

Since we're not getting resolution to these tax matters, perhaps a class-action lawsuit is the next step??

[Cheryl834]

New to hosting - I'm in Cocke county, TN, and our occupancy tax is 3% - but the tax being charged on our listing is $41.00 on a $258 stay!  How do I get in touch with Airbnb to get this corrected????  No wonder we don't have any bookings!

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Cheryl834 There are 3 taxes associated with your booking namely 

Hotel-Motel Tax (Cocke)

Local Sales and Use Tax (Cocke) Sales and

Use Tax (Tennessee)

I suspect these are meant to add up to more than 3%

[Dave-And-Lisa0]

Be careful if you live in a small township that doesn't collect occupancy tax, but you mailing address is in a bigger town that does.    I found out airbnb collected $2283 in occupancy taxes and paid them to my mailing address city, not my township!     I persisted and after showing that my address was in a township, they have stopped collecting occupancy taxes.    My guests got cheated, but they tell me it was paid to the nearby city.    They won’t give me a report or refund the money wrongly collected, but at least I got it resolved.    I sent airbnb a certified demand letter and messaged the tax team at airbnb daily.   Just wanted to share.    Airbnb needs to get better at determining jurisdictions for occupancy tax!