How To Change a Tax Rate

How do I change a tax rate? How do I update taxes? Changing a tax rate is a quick process. Here is an overview of the steps as well as detailed instructions with visuals.

Last Updated: April 15, 2025
Link to Feature: https://app.fireflyreservations.com/taxes (or click here)

Overview

Once a tax has been established, it cannot be modified. To make a change to the rate of an existing you can follow these steps to create a new tax and then apply the new tax throughout the system as needed.

There are 5 easy steps to create and link a tax rule to units:

Create a new tax at the correct rate needed
Link the new tax to an associated unit
Remove the old tax from the same unit
Export the tax settings from one unit to the other applicable units
Delete the old tax, if desired

TIP: Click on an item in the list above to jump to that section below.

Create a new tax

This will be the tax with the corrected rate. Go to Settings > Taxes > New Tax.
It is helpful to show the change in the name (ie: 2024 Lodging Tax or Lodging Tax 6%)

Link the new tax to an associated unit.

Go to Settings > Units > click a unit to open it > Taxes tab > Add Tax Rule.

Remove the old tax from the same unit.

On the old tax, click the 3 dots (...) > Delete

Export the tax settings to all other units they apply to.

Go to Options (in upper right corner) > Import/Export Unit Info.

Delete the old tax

Once the old tax has been removed from the units, you can delete the tax if you no longer need it.

Go to Settings > Taxes > click a tax to open it > Delete.

You are DONE!

TIP: For more information about taxes in Firefly, see: Tax Rules - Setting up Taxes

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