Recent content by Aleben

The answers here are fantastic! I didn't expect there would be so many more in such a short time.

I have been reading about the success of Air BnB recently and noticed that one of the biggest complaints is the fact that the home owners are not paying the required taxes and fees associated with running such a business.

Wow! Five taxes must be tricky to manage. May I ask if all these taxes are calculated on just the room rate, or are some of them 'compounded' in some way? For example, are some taxes calculated based on the room rate plus the total of some of the other taxes?

I appreciate your response. Interesting to read about your compound taxes. May I ask if you use software to manage your reservations, and if so, does it work perfectly with your tax setup? E.g. Can it calculate federal tax and state/provincial tax based on the 'room rate + tourism tax' instead...

Thank you. I appreciate the reply. It sounds like your situation is a lot less complicated and more manageable than that of many other Inns.

Hi all. Marvelous forum you have here! I'm doing some research at the moment on the taxes/fees applicable to Inns in different states and countries and I'd love to hear from anyone willing to share what they have to work with. Specifically I'm most interested in: What taxes do you have to deal...