How to collect tourist tax as a host in Italy

As a short-term rental host in Italy, you are required to collect tourist tax (imposta di soggiorno) from your guests and pay it to your municipality, unless your booking channel collects it for you. Airbnb collects and remits the tax in every municipality registered on its tourist tax portal, an obligation introduced by the 2024 Budget Law amendment to Article 4, paragraph 5-bis of Law Decree 50/2017. For all other bookings, and in municipalities outside Airbnb's list, collection and remittance in 2026 sit with you. This guide covers who must collect, the current rates in Italy's major cities, and how to handle it without errors.

Who has to collect tourist tax in Italy?

Tourist tax in Italy is a municipal levy charged to guests per person per night. Every municipality that charges it sets its own rate, its own exemptions, and its own collection rules. There is no national rate and no national portal. The obligation is hyper-local, and as the accommodation provider you are the designated collector.

The tax is your guest's money passing through your hands. You charge it on top of the accommodation price, hold it, and pay it to the municipality on their schedule. It never becomes part of your rental income.

Does Airbnb collect tourist tax for you?

In every Italian municipality registered on Airbnb's tourist tax portal, Airbnb adds the tax to the guest's total at checkout, collects it, and pays it directly to the municipality. You do not handle the money and do not need to file a separate remittance for those bookings. This is a legal obligation on Airbnb for stays of up to 30 days, and the list of covered municipalities keeps growing. You can check whether Airbnb is collecting for your listing in your host account under tax settings.

Collection arrangements on other channels are far less complete. For bookings through Booking.com, Vrbo, or your own direct channel, assume the obligation is yours unless the channel's tax settings for your property explicitly state otherwise. What Airbnb does for one booking never covers a booking that arrived through another channel at the same property.

How much tourist tax do you charge in 2026?

For short-term rentals in Italy's major cities, the current rates per person per night are: Rome at 6.00 euros, charged for up to 10 nights, Florence at 5.50 euros, charged for up to 7 nights, and Milan at 9.50 euros since 1 January 2026, charged for up to 14 nights. Venice sets its rates by season and accommodation type, charged for up to 5 consecutive nights, so check the Venice page for the rate that applies to your property. These are adult rates, and seasonal variations apply in most cities.

Milan's 9.50 euro rate was introduced for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics and is formally set for 2026 only. Increases introduced as temporary measures have a habit of becoming permanent: Paris raised its tourist tax sharply ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games and the higher rates remain in force today. Plan your pricing on the assumption that the current rate stays.

For any municipality not covered above, the Trippz tourist tax guide for Italy lists verified, up-to-date rates for the major cities. Beyond those, check the official municipal website (comune di [your city]) or contact the local tourist office directly. Rates change often, and the major cities have all revised upward in recent years.

Which guests are exempt from tourist tax?

Most Italian municipalities exempt certain guest categories. Children under a set age are almost universally exempt, though the threshold varies: some municipalities exempt children under 10, others under 14. Stays beyond the taxable night cap are exempt everywhere a cap applies. Guests with disabilities and their carers are often exempt.

You are responsible for applying exemptions correctly and keeping records that justify every exemption you apply, in case of a municipal audit.

How do you collect the tax from your guests?

Where the obligation sits with you, you have two moments to collect: at booking or at the property. Many hosts still collect in person at check-in, in cash or by card, then log the amount per guest per night. Collecting manually means you track the current rate, the exemptions, and the night cap for every booking yourself, and a single outdated rate means you collect the wrong amount from every guest until you notice.

Whichever moment you choose, tell guests about the tax before they arrive. A clear line in your listing and your pre-arrival message prevents awkward conversations at the door.

How do you pay the collected tax to your municipality?

You pay the collected amount to your municipality on the schedule they set, typically monthly or quarterly. Many municipalities require a declaration alongside the payment showing the number of taxable nights and the amounts collected.

Keep the collected tax separate from your rental income. It makes the declaration cleaner and reduces the risk of filing errors.

How does Trippz automate tourist tax collection in Italy?

Trippz maintains the rates and exemption rules for Italian municipalities and applies them automatically to every booking. When a guest books, Trippz calculates the correct tourist tax for their stay, applies any exemptions, and collects it at booking. You never look up a rate, and a municipal rate change never reaches your guests as a wrong amount.

At the end of each month, Trippz pays the collected tourist tax out to you, with a clear breakdown by property and booking period, ready for your remittance to the local authority. For bookings where Airbnb is already collecting, you can disable tourist tax collection on that specific booking, so nothing is double-charged.

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