Hotel Vat tax

Hello,

I%26#39;m getting some conflicting information about the 10% VAT charged by hotels. Some hotel sites automatically add it, some add 1% VAT, and another one swore to me that the VAT for foreigners is waived. Which one is it?!

Thank you.

Hotel Vat tax

In my experience, hotel booking sites - those that are agents, rather than eg hilton.com for Hilton- don%26#39;t get it right either way, and if you pay upfront to the site for a voucher, you may land up paying tax and service charge AND tax on the service charge, of course.

It is the latter that gives rise to the 1 per cent.

If you pay the hotel, you should- according to my last bill from the Intercontinental, anyway, be exempt from the 10 per cent tax but pay the 10 per cent service charge.

Many hotels have the 10 pc service, which confuses things splendidly on the bill.

Hotel Vat tax

Thank you ethelman.

Yes, it%26#39;s rather confusing, also when the hotel%26#39;s own site charges the 10% automatically, as in prepaid rates.

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