How it works: fully hands-off, including the payment

We file and pay for you, straight from your account; your money never touches ours.

1. Free check. Tell us your address and platforms. We list every lodging tax, permit and deadline that applies, and which ones Airbnb or Vrbo already pay.
2. Authorize us once. You e-sign our service agreement, a payment authorization for the bank account you choose, and the county's agent or limited power-of-attorney form where the county offers one. Where a county only allows the owner's own login, you add us as a user or share the login through an encrypted vault, never by email.
3. Connect your bookings. Read-only access to your Airbnb and Vrbo earnings, or a monthly export. Direct bookings: a simple monthly total.
4. We prepare every return. Taxable rent, cleaning and pet fees, exemptions for long stays (over 30 nights in many places, over six months in Florida), and $0 months.
5. We file and pay. Each period we file in the county's or state's own portal and pay by e-check (ACH debit) drawn directly from your account to the county. The money goes from your bank to the government; it never passes through HostTaxDesk.
6. You see everything. Each confirmation number, amount and receipt lands in your file the same day, with a monthly summary. If a payment is ever rejected, we tell you that day and refile before the deadline.
7. We keep watch. Renewals, inspections, rule changes and deadlines are on your calendar and ours.

Back taxes, audits and notices: we prepare catch-up returns and refer you to an independent CPA for anything needing tax advice. Authorization forms are under legal review before launch. Read the security and privacy explainer.