Tourist tax rate West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire runs along the north bank of the Clyde and reaches up to the southern shore of Loch Lomond. Dumbarton, Clydebank and Balloch sit inside the council area, along with the Loch Lomond gateway at Balloch and a stretch of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

Is West Dunbartonshire introducing a tourist tax?

Yes, and the clock is already running. West Dunbartonshire published its final scheme on 21 November 2025, setting a 5% levy year round across the whole council area. It applies to stays from 1 July 2027, but only to bookings made and paid for in part or in full on or after 1 October 2026, which makes October the date that matters for anyone showing a price. At 5% the rate matches Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The levy covers every kind of paid overnight accommodation, including providers below the VAT threshold, from hotels and B&Bs to short-term lets, campsites and static caravans. Providers are liable, report quarterly through a national online portal, and keep 1.5% of what they collect towards the cost of collection. Exempt guests pay first and claim the money back from the council. That includes people receiving UK disability benefits under Section 14 of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024, asylum seekers and refugees, and people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The council forecasts around £1.7 million a year.

Trippz: the authority on tourist tax

Tourist tax is set locally and rates change without warning. Trippz tracks every change and keeps the data current, which is why travel platforms and property software, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia, rely on Trippz to calculate tourist tax and register guests in every market they serve.

How Trippz stays current

Trippz checks tax rules jurisdiction by jurisdiction against official municipal and national sources. When a rate or rule changes, the update happens automatically rather than on a periodic review cycle. This is the same monitoring that travel platforms and software vendors depend on to stay accurate everywhere they operate.

One tax engine, every market

Send a location, get the applicable rate, instantly and correctly calculated. Travel platforms and property software embed this calculation directly into their own product, so every booking is taxed correctly without building or maintaining a rate engine in house. It is the same logic behind every rate on this page.

Explore Trippz for Platforms

Frequently asked questions about the use of Trippz

• How can platforms and software vendors use Trippz?

  Trippz provides tourist tax content and a ready made calculation engine through one API. Platforms and software vendors add accurate tax calculation to their product without maintaining a rate database in house. Guest registration and authority connections are available as a separate capability for those who need it.

• How does Trippz keep tourist tax rates current?

  Trippz checks the jurisdictions it covers against official sources and updates rates automatically when a city or country changes them.

  
  

• Which countries and cities does Trippz cover?

  Trippz maintains tourist tax data across a wide range of countries and cities. See the full overview in our tourist tax guides.

• Is Trippz's data and infrastructure secure?

  Yes. Trippz is SOC1 Type 2 and SOC2 Type 2 certified and GDPR compliant, so platforms and software vendors can embed tourist tax calculation without adding security or compliance risk of their own.

• Who uses Trippz for tourist tax?

  Trippz provides tourist tax data and calculation to travel platforms and property software across Europe, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia. The same infrastructure that powers stays booked through the biggest platforms in travel is available to any platform or software vendor through the API.