Osceola County Tourist Development Tax

[Shirley414]

Not sure why Airbnb cannot collect County taxes.  Taxes collected are misleading.  The state collects 6% PLUS a discretionary tax depending on what county the property is located in.  My property is Osceola County which is 1.5% making total 7.5% for state.

Osceola County collects separate 6% tourist development tax.  The total tax should be 13.5%.  Airbnb advises that they collect 6% from the state plus 1.5% from the county which is inaccurate as the whole 7.5% is going to the state.  

Now I must ask every single customer for 6% additional tax which I think is ridiculous.

The first booking I received,  the guest thought it was a scam me asking them for money so I have to eat the 150 plus dollars since it was not mentioned in the description of the booking.

I had contacted Airbnb prior to my first reservation to advise them of the 13.5% it was never rectified.

[Rajesh145]

Just had a call with AIRBNB they are confused.  They pretty much said that they are not collecting or paying Osceola County taxes.  and they dont have an option to add taxes ... crazy.

[Laura7935]

They do now.  You have to turn on the professional hosting tools and then you can add the 6% tax under your taxes.  It took my forever to figure out how to do it, but I finally did it.  You still have to file it each month.