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8. Tally your levy correctly
You must calculate the levy amounts for each booking.
To know how much levy you must pay per booking:
- take the number of guests on the booking
- multiply it by the number of nights they were booked for
- multiply it by the levy rate
For example, say you had 4 visitors staying for 7 nights in your cottage:
- Work out the number of overnight stays.
- Multiply 4 visitors × 7 nights = 28 overnight stays.
- Multiply these overnight stays by your levy rate: 28 × £1.30 = £36.40.
- You must pay the levy of £36.40 for that booking.
How to calculate your levy amount for lower rate stays
Remove the number of children under 18 years of age when calculating the levy you owe on lower rate stays.
For example, you had a family of 5 camping in a tent for 3 nights on your campsite pitch. All 3 of the children were under 18 years of age.
You need to subtract the 3 children from your total 5 visitors.
This amounts to 2 visitors staying for 3 nights you must pay the levy on.
The levy rate of 75 pence per person per night applies to pitches for tents. This means you need to multiply 2 visitors × 3 nights × £0.75 = £4.50. You must pay the levy of £4.50 for that booking.