2026 tax year

Airbnb tax calculator

Airbnb reports what it paid you and withholds nothing. The number on your 1099-K if threshold met is not the number you are taxed on.

Same answer as the rest of the category For tax purposes Airbnb works like every other host platform, same form, same deductions, same treatment. Rather than repeat 51 near-identical state pages under each brand, the state-by-state figures live on the rental host pages. What follows is what is specific to Airbnb.

What Airbnb hosts can deduct

The dataset lists 7 deduction categories for Airbnb: mortgage interest pct, property taxes pct, depreciation, supplies, cleaning, the platform's own fees, repairs. They are only deductible if you kept the record.

DeductionAmount
Cleaning and turnover between guests$4,800
Repairs and maintenance on the asset$3,200
Supplies and equipment$2,100
Total deductions$10,100
Net profit, the taxable figure$28,900

On $39,000 of gross, 26% never reaches taxable profit. The gross and the cost figures illustrate the shape of the work, they are not a claim about what anyone earns, and every rate applied to them is from the verified 2026 dataset.

One Airbnb-specific rule from the dataset: Airbnb takes approx 3% host fee. Guest pays Airbnb fee separately..

Nothing is withheld These platforms are not employers and take nothing out. What you owe is paid in four instalments across the year, see quarterly estimated payments.

Airbnb taxes by state

Pick your state, the rental host pages carry Airbnb's treatment along with every other platform of its kind:

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