New tourist taxes in Catalonia on April 1, 2026

How will the new tourist taxes in Catalonia affect you from April 1, 2026? If you run a hotel, apartment or hostel in the region, the change hits three areas: the amount to charge, the invoice the guest receives and the communication before the reservation.

The usual problem isn't just calculating the tax. It's that the front desk, accounting and the booking engine work with different criteria. If the tax isn't configured properly in the PMS, you end up correcting charges by hand, handling complaints or throwing the daily cash out of balance.

In Hotelgest you can set up fees and taxes in the reservation record, reflect them in invoicing and production reports, and communicate the breakdown to the guest from the WebApp or at the time of payment. The goal is for the charge to be consistent from the direct reservation through to check-out.

Before April, review three points: that the booking engine rates include or break down the tax according to your commercial policy, that the cash and invoicing reports separate the line item correctly, and that the guest receives a clear explanation before paying.

A badly applied tax is not a minor accounting error: it erodes trust and multiplies the work at the front desk. Automating the calculation and the breakdown frees up time for what does create value: selling direct and looking after the stay.