Good morning! New host here - be gentle with me!
We are pleasantly surprised at the good response with our new listing, but now I am playing catch-up with regard to taxes. I know I need to report and pay state/federal income taxes. We also have a county occupancy tax, which I have to pay monthly according to the county tax ordinance. But I'm unsure how to pay the 6% state sales tax. How do other WV residents handle this? I so wish Airbnb included a line item for taxes. I don't charge a cleaning fee, but would instead love to have a line for taxes.
Also, how do other WV hosts handle payment of these taxes? Since we are *supposed* to collect it directly from guests (according to our local occupancy tax ordinance), is it enough to state in our listing that occupancy/sales taxes are included in price? Or do I need to do a special offer and collect these taxes separately? I don't want to burden our guests with little extra fees and asking for additional money outside of what they are already paying to Airbnb.
Advice from other hosts who have faced this dilema would be much appreciated! We completed our first two listings this week and have more guests on the way, so I want to figure this out now.