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Estimate levy, provider retention, VAT-on-levy and amount due using the council scheme, stay dates, booking timing and nightly accommodation prices that match your booking.
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Airbnb bookings
Use the accommodation amount received for the chargeable transaction—not Airbnb’s service fee. Airbnb can help collect a custom tax, but the Edinburgh host remains responsible for the council return and payment.
Read the Airbnb guideFive-night cap
Edinburgh charges only the first five consecutive nights. When nightly rates vary, switch on nightly prices so the sixth night onward is excluded accurately instead of averaged.
See longer-stay examplesVAT and extras
Keep optional meals, parking, transport and laundry out. Mandatory standard cleaning is generally included. Select VAT registered to show the separate VAT-on-levy estimate.
Check cleaning fees and extrasCalculator FAQs
Yes. Choose Edinburgh and enter the host's accommodation-only charge, booking date, stay dates, qualifying cutoff payment, nightly prices where they vary, and VAT status. Airbnb does not remit Edinburgh levy to the council for hosts.
No. The calculator is designed for the accommodation charge only. Meals, parking, transport and other non-accommodation extras should be kept separate before entering the figure.
Some councils have advance booking cutoff rules. For example, Edinburgh uses 1 October 2025 and West Dunbartonshire uses 1 October 2026, so the booking date can change whether a future stay is in scope.
A stay must commence on or after the council scheme start date to be liable. If it starts earlier, the calculator treats the whole stay as outside the scheme rather than charging only the later nights.
Use it as a sense-check, not as legal or tax advice. Final returns should always be checked against current council guidance and the official visitor levy reporting process.
Only the first five consecutive nights of each chargeable transaction are levyable. Use nightly prices for a stay longer than five nights so the calculator excludes the actual prices for night six onward.
Normally yes. Edinburgh's August 2026 provider guide says standard cleaning is generally part of the accommodation cost even when itemised. Genuinely optional extras should be excluded.
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Edinburgh and Airbnb guidance last verified 1 September 2026. This calculator is a working estimate; the liable person remains responsible for the official return.