Short answer: Kansas City, Missouri charges a 7.5% tax on short-term stays plus $3 per room night, filed quarterly on Form RD-306. The Kansas suburbs charge a transient guest tax of 8% to 10% on top of sales tax. Airbnb collects state and local sales tax on both sides of the line, but its Missouri tax page does not list Kansas City's 7.5% tax or the $3 fee, so check your payouts before assuming they are covered.
Kansas City, Missouri
The city's short-term rental tax FAQ sets out two charges on stays of 30 days or less:
- A 7.5% Transient Boarding and Accommodation Tax on gross receipts
- An occupancy fee of $3.00 per room night
Both took effect August 1, 2023. The 7.5% is figured on the full price the guest pays. Airbnb's fees are treated as your operating expense, so you don't subtract them first.
You report both on Form RD-306 every quarter through QuickTax. The city says you file even when a booking platform collected the tax, and even when you owe nothing. Each address needs its own tax account, though one owner files a single annual earnings tax return (RD-108) for all of them.
Taxes are only part of it. Kansas City also requires a short-term rental permit, and non-resident owners can't operate in residential zones. Our Kansas City owner's guide covers the permit side.
What Airbnb collects in Missouri
Airbnb's Missouri tax page says guests pay the 4.225% state sales tax plus local sales taxes on reservations of 29 nights or fewer. It also lists a few city taxes it collects, including a 6.5% hotel tax in Independence on stays of 30 nights or fewer.
Kansas City's 7.5% tax and $3 fee are not on that list, as of our check on October 30, 2026. If your payouts don't show them, the money is yours to collect and pay. The city lets owners either collect it from the guest at check-in or pay it on the guest's behalf. Either way, it goes on the RD-306.
Owners in Independence have their own permit process to get through first. Our Independence page walks through it.
The Kansas side
In Kansas, cities set a transient guest tax and the Kansas Department of Revenue collects it for them. Its quarterly rate list, current as of October 1, 2026, shows:
| City | Transient guest tax | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, KS | 10% | April 1, 2026 |
| Olathe | 9% | January 1, 2026 |
| Overland Park | 9% | July 1, 2007 |
| Shawnee | 9% | April 1, 2026 |
| Mission | 9% | April 1, 2008 |
| Lenexa | 8% | January 1, 2011 |
| Leawood | 8% | January 1, 2012 |
| Merriam | 8% | January 1, 2023 |
| Gardner | 8% | January 1, 2016 |
| Bonner Springs | 8% | October 1, 2025 |
Sales tax comes on top. In Olathe, for example, the city's tax page adds up the 6.5% state, 1.475% county and 1.5% city rates to 9.475%.
The guest tax only covers stays of 28 consecutive days or fewer, according to KDOR Publication 1540. The same publication says sleeping rooms are subject to sales tax regardless of the length of stay, and it ties both taxes to how many rooms a lodging has. If your home is small, ask KDOR how the thresholds apply to you.
A rate on this list doesn't mean nightly rentals are allowed. Leawood, for one, has a 30-night minimum. Our Leawood article explains what owners can still do there.
What Airbnb collects in Kansas
Airbnb's Kansas tax page says it collects the 6.5% state sales tax and local sales tax on all reservations, cleaning fee included. It also collects transient guest tax where a city or county levies it, on reservations of 28 nights or fewer. The page adds that collection depends on the number of bedrooms in the listing, and that hosts are responsible for any tax Airbnb doesn't collect.
Airbnb only collects on Airbnb bookings. If a guest books with you directly, plan on collecting and filing the tax yourself.
Where we come in
If you would rather hand the day-to-day work to someone else, our services page lists what management includes, down to the monthly owner statement. If you're weighing what a manager costs against doing this yourself, our fee breakdown lays out what our 15% covers.