Occupancy tax

[Bruce-And-Virginia0]

We live in a state that Airbnb collects occupancy tax for us.  How can we see how much was sent to the state? Is this amount included in the Airbnb service fee or elsewhere.

[Matthew285]

@Bruce-And-Virginia0 if AirBnB collects and remits the tax for you, in a way you do not need to concern yourself with it.

But if you do want to see that information, you can find it in the Transaction History.

One of the ways to see your Transaction History is via the popup menu that appears when you click on your profile picture in the upper right.

[Bruce-And-Virginia0]

Thanks, I have looked at the transaction history, but it does not break down the state tax that was paid out. It only shows Airbnb fees collected. I’m pretty sure there is a separate cost for the tax outside off their fee. We had a customer text us a copy of their rates once and tax was a separate charge, one we can’t see on our end.

[Duncan38]

Hi, I'm having the same issue. I've been searching for almost an hour and I can't find how much Airbnb has withheld for occupancy, city and state tax. Can anyone direct me to where I might find this?

Thanks,

-duncan

[Wallace2]

Did you find out? Wondering myself.

[Kelly418]

I also am trying to figure out how to find that.  It says that AirBnB collects and remits occupancy tax for me in Boulder, CO. However, it doesn't show anything on my transaction history and I need something to show my accountant that I have already paid these taxes.  Help!

[Jeffrey150]

Go to transaction history and enter the 2017 year, and click on Gross Earnings in the gray box above. It shows an Occupancy Tax column there. If you "export to CSV" report it gives you all the numbers.

[Jeff159]

We really need Airbnb to break down the line item "Occupancy Tax" into it's various components. In my case we have a Louisville, KY 8.25% city transient tax and a 1% KY transient tax in addition to the 6% sales tax. Airbnb lumps all of those into "Occupancy tax" and our best efforts at calculating them separately always seem to be off by a small amount. Airbnb has the data. Why won't they provide it?

[Peggy100]

Some of my guests have occupancy taxes taken by Airbnb and some don't. Anyone know what the difference is? I'm still getting lodging tax bills from the state and am not sure how much to pay given that it looks like Airbnb is taking some and not all.

[Letti0]

Go to Progess.

Click on Earnings.

Scroll Down to Transaction History click on it.

On the Transaction History page in the upper right corner you will see a green Gross Earnings click on it.

Take the Occupancy Taxes  divided by Gross Earnings this will give you the % of taxes they are paying.

Occupancy Taxes $62.16 divided by Gross Earnings $1,036.00 = .06 (6%) Total taxes paid by AirBnB.

In my case this means they are only paying the State of Texas their 6%. I still have to pay Bexar County 1.75% for the $1,036.00 which equals $18.13.

For others the total may be a combination of all State, County and City taxes paid by AIrBnB. If you do not list elsewhere like HA/VRBO you simply report $0 for each month. 

@Peggy100  Do you pay County and City on the State form? I pay the County/City on a different form other than the States. The State form I only include my HA/VRBO Gross Earnings. The City/County form for San Antonio/Bexar County I included both HA/VRBO and AirBNB Gross Earning. So the reported Total Gross Earnings will be different on each of them. I print off a copy of the Occupany Taxes paid by AirBnB to the State and keep it with my monthly filing documents for audit purposes as supporting documentation. 

Hope this helps. If you have guests that no taxes were paid for by AirBnB it could be they were Tax Exempt on business (military, school employees, government employees, diplomats, politicians, etc.) and sent proof to AirBnB. If AirBnB failed to collect them it's their head on the chopping block not yours, they entered into agreements regarding the collection of the taxes and they are obligated to do it, not you.