Tourist Tax Functionality

Below is an explanation of the Tourist Tax functionality in Stayntouch PMS.

This is a special tax designed to behave independently of its parent charge code.
This means even though the Tourist Tax will get posted based on the amount posted for the parent room charge, Tourist Tax will be posted as an independent transaction.
Editing, splitting, deleting, or routing of the parent charge code will not affect the Tourist Tax transaction.
If you want to make any changes to the charge code with Tourist Tax type, you must do it manually (i.e., You must manually edit, split, move, route, or delete). You can edit a Tourist Tax transaction with the purple pencil icon, which is not normally available for a regular tax transaction.

To activate and configure a tax as a Tourist Tax, navigate to Settings > Financials > Financial Settings.

Turn ON the toggle for TOURIST TAX and click SAVE CHANGES.

Then, navigate to Financials > Charge Codes and select a charge code you have configured as a TAX. From here, select TOURIST TAX from the CHARGE CODE TYPE dropdown. The TOURIST TAX option will be listed only after you activate the functionality in Settings > Financials > Financial Settings.

Please note, once Tourist Tax is activated, and you've posted charges using Tourist Tax, you cannot turn OFF the TOURIST TAX toggle in Settings > Financials > Financial Settings.