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Compliance guides for accommodation providers

Practical, regularly reviewed guides to the duties every Czech accommodation provider has to handle.

VAT Identified Person in Slovakia: What It Means for Best Guest, Booking.com and Airbnb

Using Best Guest, Booking.com, Airbnb or another foreign tool? Learn when Slovak hosts must register as a VAT identified person and how to do it.

The Guest Register (Kniha Ubytovaných) in Slovakia: Contents and Retention

What the Slovak guest register must contain, why it is one register (not two as in Czechia), whether it can be digital, and how long to retain the records.

Accommodation Tax in Slovakia: Municipal Rates, Exemptions, Deadlines

How the Slovak local accommodation tax (daň za ubytovanie) works — why there is no national rate cap, who is exempt, and how and when hosts remit it to the municipality.

Fines for Host Non-Compliance in Slovakia

What fines Slovak hosts face for missing police reporting, the accommodation tax and other legal obligations — and how to avoid them.

Host Obligations in Slovakia (2026): The Complete Overview

Every legal obligation of an accommodation provider in Slovakia — police reporting, accommodation tax, the guest register, statistical reporting and VAT — in one place.

Slovakia's Short-Term Rental Register (2027): What EU Regulation 2024/1028 Brings

From 2027 every host on Airbnb, Booking or other platforms in Slovakia will need a registration number. What the new Slovak short-term rental register means and when it applies.

Reporting Foreign Guests to the Police in Slovakia (2026): Deadline, Form, Fines up to €3,300

Complete guide to the Slovak host's duty to report foreign guests to the Foreigners Police — the 5-day deadline, portal.minv.sk vs. slovensko.sk, eID requirements, and the fine for missing it.

Statistical Reporting in Slovakia: The Monthly CR 1-12 Return

Who must file the monthly CR 1-12 report with the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, which small hosts are exempt, and how it fits among the other host obligations.