Levy Folio

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Scotland · Approved, starts 1 Jul 2027

West Dunbartonshire visitor levy calculator

Starts 1 July 2027. 5% of the price before VAT, on the whole stay, including Loch Lomond-side accommodation in the council area. You keep 1.5%.

1Where is the accommodation?
2The booking

3What the guest paid

Everything the guest paid you, before any levy.

Meals, drinks, parking, optional laundry, transport. Leave empty if none.

4Anything unusual?

Showing an example booking. Change any field.

Bookings made and paid for, in part or in full, before 1 October 2026 are not subject to the levy. Charities providing accommodation wholly or mainly for charitable purposes can apply for a site exemption. West Dunbartonshire Council’s pages.

The rules at a glance

Status
Approved, starts 1 Jul 2027 [5]
Rate
5% of the accommodation part of the price, before VAT [5]
Which stays
Stays that start on or after 1 July 2027 (the council has not said how stays that start earlier are treated; we follow Edinburgh) [5]
Which bookings
Bookings made from 1 October 2026. Earlier bookings are exempt only if it was paid for, in part or in full, before 1 October 2026 [5]
Night cap
None. The whole stay is charged [5]
Not charged on
meals or drinks; parking (unless the parking area is the overnight accommodation, such as a campervan pitch); laundry facilities or services that guests can opt out of, such as paid towels or linen; entertainment; transport to and from the accommodation [5]
Exempt guests
  • Homeless, at risk of homelessness, or fleeing domestic abuse or poor housing: no levy.
  • Gypsy or Traveller staying on a dedicated site: no levy.
  • Asylum seeker or refugee in accommodation provided for that reason: no levy.
  • Gets a listed disability benefit, or is staying in the same room as someone who does: exempt, but the council has not said how it works yet.
  • A genuinely free stay (nothing paid, no points or vouchers): no levy.
The council is still writing guidance on how exempt visitors reclaim the levy, so we flag disability-benefit cases for review. [7]
You keep
1.5% of the levy, to cover your costs [6]
Returns
Quarterly on visitorlevy.scot (expected). A stay goes in the quarter the guest checks out in (Edinburgh’s rule; assumed here). Due dates not published yet. [6]

Key dates

  1. Bookings Bookings made and paid from today count for stays from 1 July 2027.
  2. Go-live Levy starts. 5% on the whole stay.

All dates for every council are on what’s coming.

Sources

  1. VisitScotland: visitor levy schemes approved, proposed and in consultation Read 2 Nov 2026
  2. Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 Linked 2 Nov 2026; we could not open it, so its facts above come from the other sources
  3. Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2026 Linked 2 Nov 2026; we could not open it, so its facts above come from the other sources
  4. visitorlevy.scot, the national returns platform (Improvement Service) Read 2 Nov 2026
  5. West Dunbartonshire Council: about the visitor levy Read 2 Nov 2026
  6. West Dunbartonshire Council: visitor levy, information for businesses Read 2 Nov 2026
  7. West Dunbartonshire Council: information for visitors and exemptions Read 2 Nov 2026
Official West Dunbartonshire visitor levy information