For Airbnb hosts · Costa Rica

Every stay, properly invoiced. Without thinking about Hacienda.

Taxo issues the electronic receipt or invoice for each booking, in colones or dollars, sends it to Hacienda (Costa Rica's tax authority) and drafts your monthly VAT return, form 150. You issue it from your phone when the stay ends.

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Then Profesional: ₡6,900 a month, VAT included. No per-property fees and no cap on receipts.

VAT on the stay

The 13% VAT on the stay is yours, not Airbnb's

Airbnb charges VAT only on its own fees: its service fee. It does not collect the 13% on the stay for you. You have to invoice it and report it, and that is what Taxo is for.

Costa Rica's short-term rental law (Ley 9742) requires hosts to issue an itemized digital invoice for the services provided (art. 8 c). The VAT rate is 13% (Ley 6826, art. 10).

Airbnb

What Airbnb charges

Its service fee. Airbnb is registered with Hacienda as a digital services provider and charges VAT on that fee, not on your stay.

You

What you charge

The stay. It carries 13% VAT, goes on the receipt or invoice you give the guest, and you report it on your form 150.

One stay, on the receipt
Lodging
₡100,000
VAT 13%
₡13,000
Total
₡113,000

The price you charge the guest already includes VAT: the receipt splits it into lodging and VAT. Round numbers, as an example.

What Taxo does today

Everything a stay needs, in one place

A receipt for every guest, no ID needed
The electronic receipt (tiquete electrónico) needs no ID or passport from the guest. It covers almost every booking, including tourists.
An invoice, when the guest asks for one
Send your link: the guest types in their details and they land in your contacts, ready to invoice. An invoice (factura electrónica) needs a Costa Rican ID: cédula, DIMEX or NITE.
Colones or US dollars
Every dollar receipt carries the exchange rate Hacienda publishes for that day. You don't have to look it up.
Long stays, invoiced on their own
For a rental of several months, a recurring invoice goes out by itself every month —or waits for your review— and lets you know.
Send it on WhatsApp
One tap opens your WhatsApp with the message and the link to the receipt. You send it, from your own number.
If Hacienda rejects something, we tell you why
In plain words and with what to do next. Not an error code.
Your form 150 draft, every month
From what you invoiced and what you bought, Taxo drafts the VAT return box by box. You or your accountant review it and file it in TRIBU-CR.

Hacienda rechazó el comprobante por esto

  • El descuento se declaró como «Regalía» (código 01) o «Bonificación» (03), y esos dos códigos significan que el producto va gratis: Hacienda exige que el descuento sea el 100 % del monto de la línea.

    Si lo que hiciste fue una rebaja —un 10 %, un 2×1, un precio especial—, el tipo de descuento correcto es «Comercial». Cambialo en la línea y volvé a emitir. Dejá «Regalía» solo cuando de verdad entregás el producto sin cobrarlo.

    Hacienda dice (-518): Cuando el CodigoDescuento es 01 o 03 el MontoDescuento debe ser igual al MontoTotal de la línea

A real rejection from Hacienda, as Taxo shows it (in Spanish).

What Taxo doesn't do yet: it doesn't pull your Airbnb bookings or record Airbnb's fee. You issue each receipt yourself.

Price

One price, whether you have one property or ten

Profesional

₡6,900a month, VAT included

  • No per-property fees.
  • No cap on receipts.
  • 15-day trial, no card.
  • Cancel anytime, from your account.

That is the plan for individuals in the general tax regime. If the property is owned by a company, your tax ID decides the plan. Prices are in Costa Rican colones (₡). See all plans (in Spanish)

Before you invoice

Not registered yet?

To issue receipts you must be registered with Hacienda and, as a host, with the ICT, Costa Rica's tourism board (Ley 9742, art. 8). It is shorter than it looks, and we walk you through it.

The guides and the app are in Spanish, the language of Hacienda's forms.

Questions

What hosts ask us

Do I have to invoice if I rent on Airbnb?

Yes. Ley 9742 requires registering with the ICT and with Hacienda, and issuing a digital invoice for the services provided (art. 8). The stay carries 13% VAT.

Doesn't Airbnb already charge the VAT?

Only on its own fees, its service fee. Airbnb does not collect the VAT on the stay for you: you invoice it and report it.

Does Taxo pull my Airbnb bookings?

Not yet. You issue each receipt or invoice yourself in Taxo, on your phone or computer. For long stays, a recurring invoice goes out by itself every month.

How much do I pay with several properties?

The same. Profesional is ₡6,900 a month, VAT included, with no per-property fees and no cap on receipts. If the property is owned by a company, your tax ID decides the plan.

See all plans (in Spanish)

Can I charge in US dollars?

Yes. The receipt is issued in dollars with the exchange rate Hacienda publishes for that day, and form 150 converts it to colones.

Is the app in English?

No. The app, the receipts and Hacienda's forms are in Spanish. This page is in English so you know exactly what you are signing up for.

What happens after the 15 days?

Nothing is charged automatically. If you pick a plan, you add your card and carry on. If not, Taxo stops issuing, but you can still see and download everything you issued.

Your next stay, already invoiced.

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