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Brussels tourist tax calculator

Need to know what this month's declaration will come to? Enter your occupied units and nights and you'll get the Brussels-Capital Region's tax on tourist accommodation, at the rates in force since 1 January 2026.

By Matthieu Ghins1 min readupdated 1 October 2026

At a glance

Tax = occupied units × nights × the rate for your kind of accommodation.
The 2026 rate is €5 per unit per night, or €4 for homestays and campsites.
A unit is a bedroom or a space arranged for sleeping.
Stays of more than 90 days are not taxed.

Calculate the tax

Rate per unit per night: €5.00
Unit-nights: 600
Tax for the period: €3,000.00

An estimate for planning, at the rates published for 2026 with municipal surcharges included. The declaration on MyTax.brussels counts each unit's occupied nights.

A worked example

Say you run an aparthotel with 20 apartments, and all of them are occupied every night of a 30-night month. That's 600 unit-nights. At €5 per unit per night, the tax for the month comes to €3,000.

Sources

Checked on 2026-10-01

Questions

Is the Brussels tourist tax charged per person or per room?

Per accommodation unit, meaning a bedroom or a space arranged for sleeping, per night, whatever the number of guests in it.

Did the Brussels tourist tax go up in 2026?

Yes. From 1 January 2026 it rose from €4 to €5 per unit per night, and from €3 to €4 for homestays and campsites.

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