How to Apply Taxes to Rental Listings in Sparkforge

Taxes in Rentals let you present a clean, itemized checkout while keeping reporting accurate. Each listing automatically creates a linked product, and you attach manual tax rate(s) to that product. Taxes then appear on the booking page, booking record, invoices, receipts, and exports.

Why use rental taxes

• Compliance: apply accurate sales, VAT, or GST rates per listing.
• Consistency: totals stay aligned across booking pages, records, invoices, and exports.
• Transparency: customers see an itemized breakdown before payment.
• Control: assign different tax rates to different listings as needed.

How manual taxes work

Manual taxes attach to a Product, not directly to the listing. Because each listing has a linked product, assigning tax rate(s) to that product ensures the correct taxes apply to every booking.

• Each listing auto-creates a linked product.
• Add tax rate(s) to that product in Payments → Settings → Taxes.
• When the listing is booked, those rates apply automatically.
• If tax settings are inclusive in Payments, the system extracts the tax portion from the listing price.
• If exclusive, tax is added on top of the rental subtotal.

If multiple listings are in one booking, taxes calculate per listing and combine into the final total.

Where taxes appear

• Public booking page (itemized above the total)
• Booking edit view in Rentals
• Payments tab of the booking
• Generated invoices
• Receipts and module exports

Apply taxes to a rental listing

1. In your sub-account, go to Settings → Calendars → Rentals.
2. Select the listing to edit.
3. Open the Inventory & Pricing tab.
4. Click Configure Taxes for This Listing.
5. In the linked Product window, choose Add Tax Rate or select an existing rate, then save.
6. Save the listing.

Future bookings for that listing automatically itemize the tax line on the booking page, appointment record, and invoice.