Hello and Aloha AirbnB folks, and other hosts-
As a host who happens to have 3 computer engineering degrees, I take GREAT EXCEPTION to:
""there is no way to include in the pricings for bookings"".
Ridiculous - I could write the code in a matter of hours to do this, and the integration into your platform, working from the inside as your developers are, that depends on the APIs of your engine - but it is possible, and not difficult for a single good programmer.
Secondly, silly and unnecessary to bother ourselves and our guests with paying an additional amount upon arrival AND it is not in compliance with (in our case) Hawwaiian law.
Compliance is clearly showing a BREAKOUT of the General Excise (GE) tax AND the TAT tax on the invoice, not collecting it after the fact.
Please pay attention to this important compliance matter - our industry - the short term rental business does not need any more problems, or failure to comply. AirBnB not supporting this, and allowing us Hosts to easily collect, then pay our proper taxes, is absolutely necessary.
Please contact me if your programming team needs the little assistance in writing a functional and technical spec, including the algorithm, for making this happen.
And please, do not take the position "there is no way to include in the (tax) pricings for bookings."
That may be true in this moment, but it cannot remain so.
Sincerely, Gabreal Franklin