Hi @Greg-Or-Lani0 , it sure seems like the authorities involved don't actually know themselves yet what exactly is involved. Depending on whom you get to talk to on the phone, you'll get different answers. As long as you are registered, and you are, I wouldn't sweat it too much, or put too much energy into it. I don't think you'll get any valid answers from Airbnb any time soon...
As it stand: when your guest mentioned 13%, were they brand new guests from 2017 where Airbnb started collecting? they might have gotten the amount confused with Airbnb's service fee, which is just about that amount to guests. I went to your place and simulated a booking, and the tax comes out to 11.325% . ($64 is 11.325% of $565.00, which is the total rental and cleaning combined).
I had gotten a pamphlet from the city of Prescott, and for short term rentals of less than 29 days, it breaks down like this: 2%. for the city TPA, add 3% for transient city lodging, and 6.325 % for I state transient lodging. I agree with you that if you're outside of city limits of Prescott, the 2% and 3% charged might be questionable. But so far, my guests haven't comlained about the tax charged, so maybe give it some time for all to figure it out. Since I don't do that many rentals, I signed up for yearly reporting, and when you report to the state, then the deduction code is 11-23, as Airbnb paid the tax but we still need to file a report.
hope this helps a bit,
happy hosting!
it some time for all to figure it out...
And here is the screen shot of my simulated booking of your place: