The Malaysian Tourism Tax (TTx) is a tax of RM10 per room per night charged on a tourist staying at any accommodation premises in Malaysia, collected by the operator under the Tourism Tax Act 2017 (TTx Act).
How to Set up TTX in Ehors.
A. Go to Admin & system> Property Settings. Select the front office module and locate these 3 settings.
B. Go to Accounting/Finance Module > Coa Management> Revenue Account link. Make sure there is a revenue type for the tourism tax to be able to link to the correct account" Link the recipe type "Tourism Tax" to a liability account.
C. Go to Sales & Marketing> Breakdown item, and make sure that the BDI "tourism tax" has the correct amount. Do not change the text of the BDI and make sure that the revenue is classified as "Misc. Charges"
D. Go to Accounting> Coa Management> Tax & SC Linking. Go to BDI Category and search for "tourism tax" There should NOT be any linking of tax for this BDI.
E. Before checking in make sure that nationality is already changed. Tourism tax will only apply if the G-Folio with country code is not equal to MY. See example. If the original country is MY during check-in and you update the country after check-in, there will be no TTX charges. You will need to add a manual BDI for it.
