Accountants for Airbnb and short let businesses

Accountants for Airbnb hosts and short let operators, rent-a-room relief, the end of furnished holiday lettings, platform reporting to HMRC and VAT on serviced accommodation.

• Short let income reconciled from platform payouts to gross bookings and fees

• Rent-a-room relief assessed where you let part of your own home

• Post furnished holiday letting treatment of interest, furniture and disposals

• Cleaning, management, linen and licensing costs claimed correctly

• VAT review once turnover approaches £90,000, because short lets are standard rated

• Self Assessment or company accounts, with a company against personal comparison

The furnished holiday lettings regime was abolished from April 2025. Short lets now follow ordinary property rules: no capital allowances on furniture, only a 20% tax reducer for mortgage interest on residential lets, no business asset disposal relief on sale and no relevant earnings for pension purposes.

Unlike long residential lets, holiday and short stay accommodation is standard rated for VAT, not exempt. A single property earning heavily through a platform can pass the £90,000 threshold, which turns one in five pounds of revenue into VAT unless it is planned for.

Platforms report host income and identity details to HMRC under the digital platform reporting rules. Rent-a-room relief of £7,500 and the £1,000 property allowance still exist, but they only apply in the right circumstances, and the platform data arrives whether you declared it or not.

Thresholds, rates and deadlines quoted here reflect the 2026/27 UK position. Check current GOV.UK guidance, or ask us, before you rely on them for your own company.

We start by looking at the last filed accounts, your current records and your filing dates, then confirm a fixed scope and fee in writing.

Once the work is live you get reminders ahead of each deadline, a named person to ask questions, and a plain-English summary when the figures are ready, not a PDF with no explanation.