Could this be true? I am a bit behind on my accounting and when I sat down to catch up on the bookkeeping for my 3 listings I found that my default account was receiving the transient tax for all 3 of my listings. A couple of months ago we were finally able to break out the Tax as a separate line item as opposed to rolling it into the nightly rate in Hawaii but the owners still remit it themselves.
My issue is that I have 3 listings that have 3 bank accounts, are 3 separate LLC's, have 3 different tax ID's and Airbnb has decided on their own to send the tax to my default account even though my rules clearly state that 100% of the money goes to each of the separate accounts.
I called Airbnb support and was told that he would have to send me some information because that is just the way the system was designed, this is not a bug. Then I was told that they can not send me the information because it is not public. I have been all over the website and no where does it state that if you have a separate line item for your tax that it will be sent to your default bank account. Had I been told that I might have reconsidered since this is creating an accounting nightmare.
I could not walk into a bank with the payout from the "corner unit" and put it into the account from my "direct beachfront" unit. The bank would not accept it because the names would not match. But somehow Airbnb can direct money from one entity to another without a problem?
Anyone have any ideas on this one? I am hoping that the CS I spoke to didn't know what he was talking about and I just missed it along the way.