Lodging tax: how it works

Lodging tax, also called occupancy, hotel or transient tax, is what a town, county or state charges on a short stay. On Kabora you set the rate, and Kabora adds it to the guest's bill.

Setting the rate

Each place carries its own rate, on its Pricing page under Taxes, because towns and counties differ. Settings → Lodging tax lists every place's rate side by side, which is how you catch the one that's wrong, and holds the default that new places start with. Changing the default never changes a rate you have already set.

What it's charged on

On every booking a guest pays through Kabora, on the marketplace or on your own booking site, the rate applies to the nights, after any stay discount, plus the cleaning, linens, extra-guest and pet fees. The guest sees it as its own Taxes line at checkout and on their receipt. Each booking keeps the rate and the amount it was charged, so changing a rate later never rewrites a past booking.

Where the money goes

The tax is paid to you with the stay. Kabora's fee is worked out on the stay and its fees, never on the tax.

Filing it

Kabora doesn't send lodging tax to any government: registering and paying it is yours. Metrics → Taxes lists what you collected, stay by stay, for any period, and downloads as a spreadsheet for your return.

What one rate can't do yet

Each place carries one percentage, charged on every stay. A flat amount per night or per guest, a second tax on the same place, and untaxed long stays can't be set yet.