Apply commission tax (VAT/GST) to cleaning fees and other reservation fees on owner statements

Problem statement

Currently, the commission tax (VAT) setting in commission agreements only applies to reservation commissions and flat fees. It does not apply to cleaning fees or other reservation fees, which creates several issues:

• Owner statements are inaccurate for tax reporting and compliance purposes
• Property managers must manually calculate and add VAT to cleaning fees outside of Hospitable
• Tax compliance concerns arise when statements don't reflect the correct taxable amounts

Current workaround

Property managers are using separate invoicing systems to add the necessary sales tax to cleaning fees and other fees. This means they cannot use Hospitable's generated owner statements for distribution to owners, and must recreate statements in external systems.

Impact

This workaround creates:

• Extra time spent on manual data entry and reconciliation
• Operational pain from maintaining duplicate systems
• Inability to leverage Hospitable's owner portal and statement features

Proposed solution

Add a setting in the commission agreement customization that allows property managers to apply VAT/GST to cleaning fees (and ideally other reservation fees like pet fees) in addition to commissions. This would appear as a line item on owner statements, similar to how commission tax currently works.

Unlock

Once implemented, property managers would be able to:

• Use Hospitable exclusively for owner statement generation
• Leverage the owner login portal for automated statement distribution
• Ensure accurate tax compliance automatically without manual calculations
• Eliminate the need for separate invoicing systems