You can view taxes that Vrbo has collected and remitted on your behalf in the Stay tax report. The report is available in your Vrbo Owner Dashboard after you have at least one booking that includes stay or lodging tax.

 

View the stay tax report

  1. Sign in to your Vrbo Owner Dashboard.
  2. From the menu, select Payments, then Statements and reports.
  3. Select the Stay tax tab.

Note: The Stay tax tab appears only after at least one booking includes a stay or lodging tax transaction.

 

Understand your stay tax report

Section

Description

Date range filter

Filter the report by booking date or stay date.

Taxes Vrbo paid

Taxes that Vrbo is responsible for collecting and remitting.

Taxes you pay

Taxes that Vrbo collected from the guest and sent to you. You are responsible for remitting these taxes.

This section appears only if you selected one of the following tax collection options:

  • Collect my taxes and send them to me
  • Collect, file, and pay my taxes for me (Avalara MyLodge Tax)

If you selected No tax collection, the amount shown is zero. 

For properties in New Zealand, the amount shown is the flat-rate credit disbursed to you but not payable or subject to remittance to a taxing authority.

Reservation ID

Shows tax amounts by reservation.

Drop-down arrow

Expands to show a detailed breakdown of tax amounts.

Download

Download a CSV file of the report with detailed line‑item tax information.

 

Share your stay tax report with tax authorities or auditors

When a tax authority or auditor asks you to show which taxes Vrbo collected and remitted and which taxes you remit yourself, you should consider showing them the stay tax report.

How to share the report

During a call

While you are on a call with the tax authority or auditor, consider sharing your screen to show them the stay tax report is generated directly from Vrbo.

  1. Sign in to your Vrbo Owner Dashboard.
  2. From the menu, select Payments, then Statements and reports.
  3. Select the Stay tax tab.
  4. Share your screen, then download the CSV version of the report.

By email

If you want to email a government, go to the report in your Vrbo Owner Dashboard and take a screenshot of the report parameters (including the filters and report). Add the screenshot to the downloaded file and/or email response.

How to explain the report

  • The Taxes Vrbo paid section: Shows the taxes Vrbo is responsible for collecting and remitting.
  • The Taxes you pay section: Shows the taxes you asked Vrbo to collect on your behalf from the guest and send to you to remit.

Reviewing both sections together may help answer your jurisdiction’s questions about your reservations.

If you have questions about how taxes apply to your bookings, we recommend you reach out to your tax advisor for help.