Reading Your Owner Statement, Line by Line
Most owner statements are designed to be filed, not read.
Here is every line on ours, what it means, and the three lines you should check on anyone's.
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15.5%: The Line Item on Your December Airbnb Payouts
Airbnb's host-only fee moved from 15% to 15.5% on December 1, two months after it became mandatory.
Half a point sounds like nothing. Here is what it is on a real Nashville home.
Airbnb is changing how hosts pay its fee
As of yesterday, new software-connected host accounts move to Airbnb's host-only fee model.
Your payout math changes even though your nightly rate does not.
The new tax law made 100% bonus depreciation permanent
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed July 4 and restored full bonus depreciation permanently.
Which makes your expense records worth more than they were three weeks ago.
Your year-end statement, and what your accountant needs from it
Gross booking revenue is not your revenue, and the difference is four separate deductions.
Here is the whole stack, line by line, before your accountant asks.
Airbnb gave hosts an earnings dashboard. It is not your owner statement.
Airbnb's Summer Release added a host earnings dashboard alongside Icons and group-trip tools.
It is a useful view of one channel, and owners keep mistaking it for the whole picture.
The five numbers every owner statement should show
Most owners look at one number on a statement: the deposit. There are five that matter.
Here is how ours is built and what to demand from whoever sends yours.
The 7% hotel tax hit July 1. Here is what it changes on your Nashville rental.
Metro's hotel occupancy tax went to 7% on July 1, plus the $2.50 per-night fee.
It is a guest-side tax, but it moves the number guests actually compare.