New Zealand...what are Guest Occupancy Taxes as charged to our guests by Airbnb?

[Craig-and-Lynne0]

Can anyone (New Zealanders maybe) tell us what Guest Occupancy charges are and how they work as regards charges to guests and payouts to us please.

I would show a screen shot of this to explain... but apparently I do not have permissions to do so in this post...despite there being an image insert icon on the screen!  Go figure!

I would like to be able to explain this charge to guests and it seems to be something that has crept into our little enterprise.

Where does this money go?

[Joan2709]

@Craig-and-Lynne0 

You should be able to copy/paste a screen shot without using the camera icon? Advise one of the moderators to please add image authorizations to your profile:

@Rebecca @Bhumika 

Taxes

You (and guests) can view what taxes apply by clicking underlined text in the reservation details. I am seeing a 15% GST:

[Bhumika]

Hi @Craig-and-Lynne0 @Joan2709 , regarding uploading a screenshot, I tried to replicate the issue and seems like @Craig-and-Lynne0 should be able to upload a screenshot. By any chance, is the image file size you are trying to upload on the Community Center greater than 3 MB? It could be one of the reasons why you're not able to upload the image. 

Please let me know @Craig-and-Lynne0 if that's the case 👀

[Craig-and-Lynne0]

Well...a cut and paste from the file has worked...as herewith. Thank you for advice on this.

The highlights are the charges I cannot explain and do not know who receives them. Note they are somehow charged to guests and also  part of the pay out accounting.

[Joan2709 · Accepted solution]

@Craig-and-Lynne0 

First, I am not familiar with New Zealand Taxes....but I'll give it a go. It seems you must NOT be GST registered.

Here is what Airbnb says they collect for NZ:

New Zealand Occupancy Tax Collection

https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/3567

So using your screen shot, I did the Math:

VAT 15% is $360 x 15% = $54.00 (Guest Pays & Airbnb remits 6.5% to IRD and gives you a credit of 8.5%)

Airbnb Credits Host 8.5% so $360 x 8.5% = $30.60 (Host receives Remitted Occupancy Tax)

Airbnb deducts VAT on Host Service Fee so 3% plus VAT

$360.00 x 3% = $10.80 ($10.80 x 15% VAT = $1.62)

$10.80 + $1.62 = $12.42 deducted from Host Payout ($1.62 Paid to IRD I'm assuming?)

Hope that makes sense?