Levy Folio

Independent and unofficial. Not run or endorsed by any council, VisitScotland or the Welsh Revenue Authority. Your return is your responsibility: check the official pages.

For B&Bs, guest houses, self-catering and glamping

The visitor levy on a booking, worked out plainly

Pick your council, enter the stay, and see what is due, which return it goes in, and why. Every rule is linked to the council’s own words.

1Where is the accommodation?
2The booking

3What the guest paid

Everything the guest paid you, before any levy.

Meals, drinks, parking, optional laundry, transport. Leave empty if none.

4Anything unusual?

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The return helper

Your whole quarter, from one booking export

Drop in the CSV from freetobook, Sirvoy, Lodgify, Beds24, Booking.com or Airbnb. Get the levy on every booking, the ones that need a second look, and the figures for your council’s return, ready to copy in or save as PDF.

  • Reads your file in the browser. Bookings are never uploaded.
  • Flags old bookings, long stays, exempt guests and missing guest counts.
  • Edinburgh’s monthly boxes, and Welsh higher and lower rate totals.
Try it with sample bookings

What’s coming

All dates
  1. Consultation · Perth & Kinross Consultation closes. The council then decides whether to go ahead.
  2. Payment · Edinburgh First payment due.
  3. Consultation · Falkirk Consultation closes. The council then decides whether to go ahead.
  4. Consultation · Dundee Consultation closes. The council then decides whether to go ahead.
  5. Consultation · Highland Consultation closes. The council then decides whether to go ahead.
  6. Bookings · Stirling Bookings made from today count for stays from 14 June 2027.

Council by council

Scotland Edinburgh 5% of the room price In force since 24 Jul 2026 Scotland Glasgow 5% of the room price Approved, starts 25 Jan 2027 Wales Cardiff £1.30 or 75p a person a night Approved, starts 1 Apr 2027 Scotland Aberdeen 7% of the room price Approved, starts 1 Apr 2027 Scotland Stirling 3% of the room price Approved, starts 14 Jun 2027 Scotland West Dunbartonshire 5% of the room price Approved, starts 1 Jul 2027