Tax for multiple listings

Karolina219
Level 2
Chania, Greece

Tax for multiple listings

Hello!

 

I’ve been growing my hosting management business, which focuses on providing property management services without needing to be a real estate agent. We started with cleaning, maintenance, and guest contact, and have now expanded to managing multiple listings. Recently, I contracted two new listings under my hosting business, with more properties ready to onboard.

To ensure compliance, I checked that taxes were being held and remitted to the proper counties based on each listing’s location. However, I found an issue: both listings—owned by two different homeowners in different counties—are showing the same tax information. When I contacted support, they suggested I’d need a separate Airbnb account for each listing. This doesn’t align with the goal of my business: managing multiple properties under a single hosting account for simplicity and efficiency. We also use an API, and support indicated this setup might not work with multiple listings.

How can I effectively manage multiple listings under one Airbnb account while ensuring proper tax compliance for different counties? Additionally, what are the most important factors to focus on for building a solid reputation as a property management company?

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Elisa
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi @Karolina219 😊

Welcome to the Community Center, and thank you for asking these questions here!

 

I’m tagging experienced hosts who might have great advice for you on these topics: @Guy991@Greg2406@Oksana127@Jim-and-Caroline0@Laëtitia-Stephy0 and @Dave-and-Deb0.

Thank you in advance, everyone!

 

Warm regards 🌻,

 

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@Karolina219 

I don't believe you are getting the correct answer from Airbnb CS...not surprisingly. I work with Hosts that have properties in different states and taxes should be based on the legal address of the listing. It has nothing to do with who is listed as owner or primary Host. The only issue I can see would be keeping track of what the income taxes would be for the different owners, not taxes on a reservation. 

 

You with have to verify what the taxes should be for each jurisdiction where the properties are located. It's possible the taxes could be the same, but you won't know until you contact the taxing authorities and determine what taxes should be. Then go back to each property and verify Airbnb is collecting the correct amount of taxes.

 

Not sure about the API situation...you'll have to contact the 3rd party software company and ask.