Set up guest taxes
The Tax screen (sidebar → Revenue → Tax) is the catalog of rules deciding what each stay is taxed. Tax you collect is never your revenue - it’s a liability until you remit it, and the catalog posts it that way.
With no rules, nothing is assessed and bookings behave exactly as before. Add a rule when you need to charge VAT, a city tax, or a per-night levy.
Add a rule
Section titled “Add a rule”-
Click “Add a rule.” Give it a Key (lowercase, no spaces -
vat,city_tax; it can’t change later) and the Name shown to the guest. -
Choose how it’s charged: Percentage, Per night, Per person, per night, or Once per stay - then the rate (%) or the fixed amount and its currency.
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Decide the pricing: Included in the price means your quoted rate already contains the tax (the guest pays the quoted price and you keep less); otherwise it’s Added at checkout. A fixed amount is always added at checkout.
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Pick what it’s charged on (room, cleaning fee, other fees), which account it posts to (Tax payable or Tourist / occupancy tax payable), when it’s in force from, and whether it applies to every property or one. Click Save rule.
The Order and “Charge this on the taxes before it” fields only matter for compound regimes (e.g. Quebec’s QST on top of GST) - leave them alone unless you know yours works that way.
Change a rate
Section titled “Change a rate”A rate change never edits the old rule. Click Change rate on the standing rule: the one in force is closed on the day the new one starts, so every stay already assessed keeps the rate it was charged. The catalog lists standing rules first, then the closed history - each card shows its “In force” window.
What’s next
Section titled “What’s next”- Set up fees
- Books & reports - where the liability shows up