Victoria’s Short Stay Accommodation Levy | How Homhero Can Streamline Your Reporting Requirements

Victoria’s Short Stay Levy Act came into effect on 1 January 2025, imposing a levy on the booking fees paid for short stays in Victorian short term rental properties.

The Act specifies that a short stay is a stay for a continuous period of less than 28 days. Any stay for a continuous period that is longer than 28 days is not considered a short stay and will not be subject to the Levy.

To assist Property Managers operating Victorian properties, Homhero is pleased to announce the release of our new Victoria Short Stay Levy Export to assist our users with reporting the Victoria Short Stay Levy requirements to the State Revenue Office (SRO). The first version of this export includes Direct, Website, Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy and StayMakers reservations created on or after 1st January 2025 and will be automatically sent on the first day of each quarter. From 1st April 2025, all Vrbo Group reservations (including subsidiary brands such as Expedia and Stayz) will also be included in this export.

What’s included in the Homhero Victoria Short Stay Levy export?

The export aligns directly with the Victoria Short Stay Levy Lodgement Template and includes:

• Property Address
• Booking Start Date
• Booking End Date
• Total Booking Fees (excluding credit card fees)

To make cross-checking easier, we’ve also included additional fields like the booking ID, creation date, booking source, packages, and credit card fee amount per booking. Clients can simply copy the main required fields directly into the Short Stay Levy Lodgement Template.

For more information:

Existing Homhero clients: Please view our detailed knowledge base article or contact our friendly support team

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