Originally Posted by
rove312
The VAT for hotels is 10% : there are different rates for different classes of purchases:
https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/c...vat-rates.html . What you got was off the norm considering that the VAT is usually included in quoted prices. When the Hotel de la Ville was an IHG hotel, we had drinks on the terrace and a bill saying taxes weren't included. We charged it to the room and they added the tax; I suppose if we'd offered cash they'd have said we owed more than was on the bill.
Looks like you are right...VAT tax on hotels in Italy is "only" 10%.
However, that doesn't explain why the IHG website lists the rates for the hotel Indigo in Rome without taxes, but for other hotels in the same city it's already included...such as the Crowne Plaza St Peter's (also in Rome).
Seems like a sneaky way for the Indigo rates to appear much lower than they really are.
Once you add the 10% taxes, and then the 7 euro city tax per person (per night !!) the price goes up quite a lot compared to the original quoted rate.