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To add or modify your taxes, go to SETUP | SETTINGS | TAX CONFIGURATION. In the United States, most businesses charge tax that is exclusive of their rates, as they do not advertise taxed rates. The BookingCenter MyPMS system utilizes site wide tax settings.this section, you can modify your primary currency (currency used across system), add new taxes and edit the current tax settings. There are two main taxes, the primary and secondary tax. The primary and secondary taxes can be enabled to automatically calculate tax on bookings and room rent posted to guest folios. You can enable one or both of the primary and secondary taxes. If As such, if you have either Primary or Secondary Tax enabled, the values of these fields will automatically populate the RENT item and taxes will be calculated and posted to the guests guest folio when room rents are posted. It is critical that your primary and secondary tax fields are using the correct values for your business. Additional taxes can also be added and applied to Room Rent and/or flat fees can be added using the applied to inventory items. This is useful for flat fees or sales tax on inventory items. See instructions below. add tax button.In this section, you can modify your primary currency and change the tax settings. To change the name of your taxes, go to Custom System Labeling. |
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To set up or modify your tax rates, go to SETUP | SETTINGS | TAX CONFIGURATION.Modify your current Tax Settings
To change the Tax Settings, click Edit and this screen will appear. Make any changes and click Save. To change the Tax Rate, go to the next step.
Primary Currency | | Apply Taxes to Deposits | |
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Use Occupancy Tax | | Use County Tax | |
Occupancy Tax Rate | 19 | County Tax Rate | 0 |
Prices include Occupancy Tax | | Prices include County Tax | |
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GDS Occupancy Tax Mapping | | GDS County Tax Mapping | |
- Primary Currency: Choose the currency you would will use in your daily operations. This will be used in MyPMS and on guest bookings.Primary
- Apply Tax Settings:
- First, determine whether or not you need the tax rate function by choosing Yes or No.
- Then, enter the tax rate as a percentage, i.e.. 15%
- Finally, choose whether or not you want your Room Prices to include Tax by choosing Yes or No.
- Select the correct GDS tax label from the dropdown menu.*
- Secondary Tax Settings:
- To change the Tax Rate, click Change Occupancy Rate (these will appear as the name of your custom label)
- Enter the new tax rate and click save.
- Add Tax
- Click Add Tax
- Add a unique Tax ID followed by a brief description.
- Choose a flat rate or a percentage rate.
- Enter the rate as a dollar number.
- Select whether this tax will be applied on top of other taxes.
- Choose yes or no for the Nonrecurring Tax. This is used if the tax is applied each day of the stay or only on the total.
- If you want this tax to automatically calculate on the Room Rent. Go to SETUP | PARAMETERS | INVENTORY ITEMS. Choose Room Rent and click on the Item ID to open it. Click Edit and go to bottom of page. Click apply tax.
NOTE:
- to Deposits: This is applicable only on the Booking Engine (Not through GDS or OTA connections). To calculate taxes on deposits taken for online bookings on your website, choose "Yes".
- Tax Settings for Primary and Secondary Taxes: Note, If you do not have Secondary Tax, then choose
- Use [Tax Name] Tax: Do you want to use this tax? Choose "Yes or No". To enable this tax to automatically calculate on room rent for guest bookings and folio charges, choose "Yes".
- [Tax Name] Tax Rate: The tax rate is displayed as a number representing the percentage, i.e.. 19 is a 19% tax rate. To edit the tax rate, go to the next step
- Prices include [Tax Name] Tax: Do you want the Room Rates to include Tax? Choose "Yes or No". To itemized your Room Rent and Taxes and have Rates appear without tax included, choose "No".
- GDS [Tax Name] Tax Mapping: (GDS) If you are connected to GDS channels, then choose the name of the tax you want displayed
*GDS: The label for taxes that you use for your website will not change- .The GDS requires specific tax labels. Please choose the one that most closely resembles what you charge your tax for
. - If you have a secondary tax, such as a bed tax or occupancy tax, the system can track this. If you do not have Secondary Tax, then leave this box blank.
'Apply Tax to Deposit' is applicable only to the Booking Engine (ie, not through Global Booking Network sites) – if you wish to tax the deposit applied for your online bookings, choose this box.- .. The label for taxes that you use for your website will not change and will display as entered in the primary and secondary taxes.
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Modify your current Tax Rate
- Click on the button "Change [Tax Name] Tax Rate".
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- This screen will appear. Enter the new tax rate and leave "Update Inventory Items" checked. This updates your manual Rent Rent Charge in Inventory items. Click Change.
Old Occupancy Tax Rate: | 19.00 |
| New Occupancy Tax Rate: | (Supports Only 2 Decimal Places) |
| Update Inventory Items | |
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