Sales tax is enough of a headache in QB. Add in the fact that it still does NOT have a way to track use tax, which is needed, and things get harder.

But if you have to add a separate tax rate, to the mix, that is even harder.

Hotel Tax:

Typically all cities require a tax on the room rate separate from the state sales tax, sometimes there is more than one hotel tax or lodging tax that has to be collected.

I am not a hotelier, so if I make some assumptions that are wrong and you know it, please let me know.

So what has to be done is to itemize the days room rate, itemize the hotel tax for that day, and add in state sales tax.

What I suggest is:

1. Create an Other Liability Account called hotel tax due.
2. Create an other charge item, select the hotel tax due account on the item screen and set the rate to a percentage.
3. Create if you don’t have one a service item for the daily room rent, income account should be sales.
4. Create a group, and in that group list the service item for the room rate, followed by the hotel tax due item.  Mark the group to print all items in the group.

When you create the sales document, use the group.  Use the group for each day of room rent.

You can click in the description block of the group and enter the date and if necessary click in the rate column to change the room rate for that day.

You could also set up groups for your most common discount programs so that you don’t have to do all that clicking.

When you need to pay the hotel tax, look at the chart of account to find the amount due in the hotel tax due account, write a check in the check register and in the account box, select the hotel tax due account.