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Best Accounting & Tax for Short-Term Rental Operators

Bookkeeping, trust accounting, and lodging tax tools

🚀 Best for Scale

Accounting & Tax
Avalara MyLodgeTax

Full-service lodging tax compliance for short-term rental operators

Best for Scale

Set-and-forget tax compliance for operators who can absorb the per-property cost

From $27/listing • No free trial

Accounting & Tax
Ximplifi

Outsourced accounting and automation built for vacation rental managers

Best for Scale

Full-service outsourced accounting for PMCs ready to hand off the books

Contact sales • No free trial

🏠 Best for Small Hosts

Accounting & Tax
Stessa

Financial tracking and tax optimization for real estate investors

Best for Small Hosts

Free accounting tool for solo real estate investors

From $0/mo • No free trial

✅ Solid Option

Accounting & Tax
Clearing

Trust accounting and bookkeeping built for short-term rental managers

Solid Option

Specialist bookkeeping for STR managers who actually need trust accounting

From $25 • No free trial

Accounting & Tax
Hostfully Bookkeeper

Accounting and financial reporting built into Hostfully's property management platform

Solid Option

Solid accounting layer if you're already on Hostfully's PMS

From $129 • No free trial

Accounting & Tax
Patriot Software

Affordable small-business accounting that handles rental books

Solid Option

Solid budget ledger, but not built for rental operations

From $20/mo • Free trial

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