TX Sales and Use Tax permit

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Greetings All-

I am a newer host in San Antonio with a listing on Airbnb and VRBO. In anticipation of doing direct bookings for my repeat customers (before signing up with hospitable) i applied for a sales and use tax permit. Now I am on hospitable and realize I won't need it for direct bookings as I am on the premium plan.

Question for the group;

I believe I am on the hook for reporting to the state monthly now that I have the permit. Any guidance on how to do that without convaluting what is being reported by Airbnb, vrbo and hospitable? Would i be better off canceling my permit and the reporting requirement with it?

Any help is appreciated. It is like mating elephants trying to get through to somebody at the comptroller office to answer my questions.

Thanks

Brandon Huetteman · Accepted Answer

​@RMDuffCongrats on starting your hosting journey and proactively prepping yourself for Direct bookings! 🙌🏼To provide a bit more context for tax remittance in Texas, for Direct Premium users, any booking made after August 31, 2024, Hospitable remits the Texas State Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT). As of today, we do not remit any taxes specific to the San Antonio jurisdiction, which appears to be the San Antonio HOT and Bexar County HOT.If the permit was required for the state remittance, we manage the filling and remitting of that tax directly to the state. Some local jurisdictions require that you have a state registration to be able to remit on a local level, and I would check directly with the Texas Comptroller or city to determine if that is still needed. If it is still needed and you have no tax or gross income to report to the state, you would simply file a $0 return and if you are registered, you are REQUIRED to file a return even if there is no tax or income to report.The Texas Comptroller office or the San Antonio City (https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/Finance/Taxes-Fees/HOTand https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/Finance/Taxes-Fees/HOT/STR) will be able to provide specific details on if that permit is still required. After a quick review, the Bexar County HOT is still the responsibility of the operator on any platform, which would require a permit in the local city jurisdiction. Hopefully this helps clear a bit of the tax remittance up for you!

Airbassador · Answer

Hey RM, so I think your situation is dependent on how you have your listings set up. We do not have a Texas Sales and Tax Permit because our listing is set up for Airbnb, Vrbo, and Hospitable all can pay the state tax, relieving you of that responsibility. We have to collect and remit local taxes only (again depends on if the platform will collect and remit those (Airbnb and Hospitable do not). If you use Booking.com, you’ll have to collect and remit both the state tax as well as the local tax. If you wanna chat more about it feel free to hit me up at pperkins@airbassador.com.

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