Tax

1 Taxes which are added to the price

Sales taxed and other taxes which are added to the price of the lodging are "Upsell Items" which can be added in SETTINGS-PROPERTIES-UPSELL ITEMS.

1.1 Obligatory Percentage Tax

You can create one or more "obligatory percentage" items to add one or more sales taxes in SETTINGS-PROPERTIES-UPSELL ITEMS.

The setting "Per Room" means the value is calculated as a percentage of the room price and not other upsell items. The setting Per Booking means the value is calculated as a percentage of the room price plus all selected items appearing before this one.

1.2 Obligatory Fixed Amount

Additional taxes like city or bed taxes which apply per stay or per night are set up as "obligatory" upsell items. Depending on how the are calculated the apply "per day" or "per booking" "per person".

2 VAT - tax which is included in the price

If your prices include VAT you can set the VAT rate in SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES.

To show included taxes in the invoice use the template variables [INVOICETABLEVAT] or [INVOICETABLEVAT2]

3 VAT - on extras

By default the system will apply the VAT rate set in SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES to all upsell items. If an upsell item has a different VAT rate you can set it in the "VAT" field in SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->UPSELL ITEMS.

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If the VAT rate is the same for lodging and extras you do not need to enter anything in the "VAT" field. view large

4 Reports

In REPORTS->CUSTOM REPORTS you can create custom reports which show Upsell Items (additional taxes) and VAT.

5 Examples

Example 1: 7% VAT are included in the room price. The lodging offers breakfast as an extra. 19% VAT are included in the price for the breakfast. Additionally the lodging needs to charge 5% city tax on which 7% VAT applies

Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES and set "Vat Rate %" = 7

Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->UPSELL ITEMS and

1) add breakfast as an "Upsell Item" with "Vat %" = 19

2) add city tax as an obligarory % "Upsell Item"

To show VAT change your confirmations (SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->CONFIRMATION MESSAGES) and invoice template (SETTINGS->GUEST MANAGEMENT->INVOICING) to use the template variable [INVOICETABLEVAT].

Example 2: 13% VAT are included in the room price which is 95 per night. The lodging offers and obligatory breakfast as an extra costing a fixed 5% of the room price. 23% VAT are included in the price for the breakfast. Additionally the lodging needs to charge 5% city tax on the price net lodging price and on the net breakfast price.

Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->BOOKING RULES and set "Vat Rate %" = 13

Go to SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->UPSELL ITEMS and

1) add breakfast with the settings "obligatory %" "Amount" = 5 "Per" = Room "Period" = Daily "Vat % " = 23

2) add city tax with the settings "obligatory %" "Amount" =4.4 "Per" = Booking "Period" = Daily "Vat % " = 0

To show VAT change your confirmations (SETTINGS->PROPERTIES->CONFIRMATION MESSAGES) and invoice template (SETTINGS->GUEST MANAGEMENT->INVOICING) to use the template variable [INVOICETABLEVAT].

Example 3: City tax only applies to children over 10 years of age.

Go to SETTINGS->BOOKING PAGE -> DEVELOPERS "Custom Text" and exchange the default text for children:

Children|Children under 10 Child|Child under 10

Then set your tax as "obligatory" "per day" or "per booking" "per adult".