The tax intelligence platform built for Airbnb hosts. Maximize deductions, track thresholds, and stop overpaying your CPA.
Gross income is just the start. Depreciation, cost segregation, material participation hours, and STR-specific elections can cut your actual tax bill by thousands. Airbnb doesn't tell you any of this.
Mix personal stays with rentals and the IRS changes how you deduct expenses. Most hosts have no idea where they stand until their CPA tells them — and bills them to fix it.
If you spend 750+ hours in real estate and your average stay is 7 days or less, your rental losses can offset ordinary income. Tracking those hours manually is why most operators miss it.
Payout statements, expense records, personal use logs, depreciation schedules — every March it's the same scramble. There's a better way.
Perch pulls your Airbnb payout history automatically — gross income, cleaning fees, commissions — mapped to the right tax treatment.
See exactly what each listing nets after every expense. Not Airbnb's dashboard — your actual financial picture.
Perch monitors personal use days, participation hours, and income thresholds in real time. You get an alert before the opportunity closes.
Running more than one Airbnb? Perch consolidates across all listings and entities into one clean view your CPA can actually use.
Schedule E prep, depreciation schedules, personal use calculations — assembled automatically before your CPA asks.
Built on the same tax engine used by real estate CPAs. Not guesswork — actual tax code, applied to your actual numbers.
You have 19 personal use days across your 4 listings this year. Property 2 (Lake House) is approaching the 10% personal use threshold — crossing it changes how you deduct $8,400 in expenses. Recommended action saves an estimated $2,940.
Yes. Airbnb income is taxable and must be reported on Schedule E (or Schedule C if you provide substantial services). Airbnb will issue a 1099-K if you earn over $600. Perch helps you report it correctly and find every deduction you are entitled to.
Airbnb hosts can deduct mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, cleaning fees, repairs, depreciation, supplies, utilities (prorated for rental days), and professional services. Perch tracks and categorizes all of these automatically throughout the year.
The STR exception allows rental losses to offset ordinary income like W-2 wages instead of being limited to passive income. To qualify, your average guest stay must be 7 days or less, and you must materially participate — typically 750 or more hours per year in real estate activities. Perch tracks your hours and tells you exactly where you stand.
If you use your rental property personally for more than 14 days or 10 percent of rental days (whichever is greater), the IRS classifies it as a vacation home and limits your expense deductions. Perch monitors your personal use days in real time and alerts you before you cross the threshold.
No. Perch works alongside your CPA, doing the analytical and organizational work so your CPA can focus on strategy and review. Most Perch users find their CPA bills drop significantly because the preparation work is already done.
Perch connects to your Airbnb payout data via our booking platform integrations. You can also connect your bank account directly via Finicity to capture all expenses automatically. Setup takes under 5 minutes.
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