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Your return, ready to copy
The three figures visitorlevy.scot asks for, for each property and month, checked against your bookings. Copy them in, then mark the return as filed.
Scotland’s visitor levy
Charge it right. File it on time.
Work out the levy on any booking, free. Then keep every booking, your council return and every deadline in one free account.
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- 5%
- Edinburgh, first 5 nights
- 2%
- of the levy you keep
- 30 days
- to file after each quarter
Levy to collect, Edinburgh
£
Enter the nights and the price a night. The levy, how it was worked out and the price your guest should see appear here as you type.
Estimate only, not tax advice. Check City of Edinburgh Council’s guidance before you charge or file.
Your visitor levy, from Airbnb export to council return
Upload your bookings. See each one’s levy, what’s wrong, and the figures to file, with a reminder before every deadline.
- Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Stirling, West Dunbartonshire
- Rules quoted from each council’s guidance
- Guest names never leave your computer
Catch the mistakes. Hit the dates. Copy the return.
What your account does every quarter, shown here with sample bookings.
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Stop paying levy out of your own pocket
Collect less levy than is owed and you still pay the council the full amount. Levy taken on a cancelled stay has to go back to the guest. Each one is found, with how to fix it.
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Know exactly what to pay
What you owe the council each quarter, after the share you keep (2% in Edinburgh), and the date it’s due.
Free account
Never miss a date
Every return and payment date for your councils, with the days left, and an email before each one.
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One export, every booking’s levy
Upload your Airbnb or Booking.com CSV and see each booking’s levy before you save. Guest names never leave your computer.
Start free. Pay when you want your bookings kept.
Free account
For working out the levy and never missing a date.
- The calculator, every council
- Deadline reminders by email
- The free booking check
Pro
For keeping every booking and your council return.
- Every booking saved, with its levy
- Your council return, month by month
- Five years of records
- Full refund if you cancel within 24 hours
What hosts ask
Is this the tourist tax?
Yes. Visitor levy is the official name in the law and on council forms. Most people call it the tourist tax.
Does Airbnb pay it for me?
No. Airbnb can collect the levy from guests, but you file the return and pay the council.
What is levied?
The nightly price and accommodation fees such as cleaning. Meals, drinks, parking, laundry and transport are not, nor is a fee guests could genuinely decline.
Does the platform’s fee count?
A booking fee the guest pays the platform is part of the levy base, as in the council’s example. Commission you pay the platform is not. Take advice if unsure.
I am VAT-registered.
Work the levy on the price before VAT, then add VAT to the levy as well.
A guest cancelled.
No levy is due if the guest never arrived: refund any levy you took. A refund after they have stayed doesn’t cancel it.
When do I file?
Within 30 days of the quarter ending, at visitorlevy.scot, and pay 14 days after that. A stay that crosses a quarter end goes in the quarter it checked out.