Handle tourist taxes
efficiently

With Trippz everything is done in a single platform

Say goodbye to loads of paperwork, tax leakage and manual labour

Trippz automates the entire handling of tourist taxes for (local) governments. Our platform allows your staff to spend their time where it matters.

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  The paper days are over

  Using paper forms for tax filing is like relying on an old map in the age of GPS. It's slow, often leads to mistakes, and it's hard to audit. As a result, it is costly in terms of money, but also in government effectiveness.

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  Booking a trip is done in the digital space

  If guests book everything online, how much sense does it make for hosts and municipalities to still use paper for guest registration, tax collection and tax filing? Indeed, not much.  

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  The Trippz way is the easy way

  Trippz for Governments is a complete, cloud-based solution that changes all of that. It takes care of registration, collection and payout of tourist taxes. And that all automatically.

How Trippz solves the challenge

We make the handling of tourist tax as easy as possible. No more paperwork, no room for error and less need for audits.

So many reasons to quit paperwork now

• Nobody likes paperwork

  And that’s great, because with Trippz all of that is no longer necessary.  No more guest registration forms, no more cash payments to hosts and no more paper filing.  And the best part? Everything is fully automated with minimal input required.

• Paper filing and payments move slow

  Today, many hosts still collect taxes directly from guests. and then effectively are guardians of those taxes until filing. By using paper. With Trippz, the tax for each booking is paid directly by the guest, into the our escrow account, provided by the payment provider.

• Get in control of tax leakage and reduce bureaucracy

  For each completed booking, payouts will be done automatically to your government, following the schedule set by you. Directly from the by Trippz provided escrow account, that is also fully under your control. Accountability at booking and accommodation level is readily available in Trippz.

Implementing Trippz is easy and requires no hardware or apps

• The booking system as your source of truth

  As we rely on booking data of accommodation providers, that connection needs to be super easy, which it is, since we’ve developed a wide variety of methods and connections to ensure a smooth setup.

• People don’t like installing apps for everything

  It is for this reason that we don’t have one. Everything is browser-based, independent from whatever phone or computer is used. For guests, hosts, and governments it makes it easy to use at zero effort.

• A standard solution for any government

  Trippz for Governments is a solution for a problem many governments face: handling lodging tax effectively. Since lodging tax (roughly) works the same everywhere, it’s a great case for standardization. No need for each government to build their own system from scratch. Trippz already did it for you.

How Trippz works for governments

Trippz is here for governments that seek to eliminate paperwork, errors and tax leakage. Our platform automates all your tourist tax handling, so you can focus on governing.

• STEP 1

  Connect hosts

  Tax calculations are done based on booking data provided by accommodation providers. Connecting to Trippz is a one-time effort after which booking data is synced automatically.  

  
• STEP 2

  Tax calculation upon registration

  Each guest will receive an automated notification, prior to arrival at their accommodation, to register their trip data with the government for tourist tax calculation purposes. These calculations are done with rates that have been set by you as government.

  
• STEP 3

  Pay upon registration or check-in

  Depending on your governments configuration, the guest pays either upon registration or on the day of check-in. The payment is made digitally through the web app of Trippz and is held in the payment provider’s escrow till check-out.

  
• STEP 4

  Confirmation on check-out

  On the day of check-in, guests confirm the data provided and Trippz automatically calculates what applicable taxes are due.  Payment is made digitally right then. The payment is set apart for being paid out to the relevant tax authority after check-out.

  
• DONE

  Taxes remitted automatically

  At the end of each booking taxes have been paid into the escrow account of the Payment Service Provider (PSP). From there, it will be released to the government at a schedule set by you, controlled by you.
And of course, all booking history and payments is available, both for accommodation providers as well as the government.