Terms of service

1. Educational content & tools

Calculators, quizzes, stay checkers, logs, and guides on this site are educational tools only. Using them or submitting a form does not create a CPA-client relationship.

2. No tax, legal, or accounting advice

This content is not tax or financial advice for you. Please talk with a CPA to find what's right for your situation.

3. Your log and your records

You are responsible for the entries you make being accurate and for logging work close to when it was done. We stamp each entry with our server’s clock and keep the history of every edit and deletion to help show that your records were made at the time, but we cannot promise any tax authority will accept them. Results such as “Met,” “On track,” or “Behind” are calculations from what you enter, under our reading of IRS rules. They are not a determination that you materially participate.

4. Estimates and scenarios

The estimator’s passive and non-passive scenarios show how the same loss could be treated under two different outcomes. They depend on assumptions about your average stay, income, and participation, and they leave out items such as depreciation recapture, state differences, and other taxes. Talk with a CPA before relying on any number.

5. Text message reminders

This section applies if you choose text reminders in the Material Participation Log.

• Program: ShortTermRentalTaxes sends reminders to log your rental hours. Each text includes a link to the log.
• How you join: you enter your mobile number in your reminder settings and tick the box agreeing to receive texts. You confirm that the number is yours and that you may agree to receive texts at it.
• How often: at most one text a week, only when you have not logged anything for the number of days you chose.
• Stopping: reply STOP to any text to cancel, or turn texts off in your reminder settings. Reply HELP for help, or email advisors@shorttermrentaltaxes.com.
• Costs: we do not charge for texts. Message and data rates may apply.
• Delivery: carriers and the services we use are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages, and we do not promise any reminder will arrive. A reminder is a convenience, not a deadline or tax advice.
• Not a condition: agreeing to texts is not required to use the site. You can use email reminders or no reminders.

See our Privacy Policy for how we handle your mobile number. Mobile information is not shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes.

6. Founding 10 contingency terms

For our Founding 10 cohort, the fee of 10% of your tax savings is owed only if you realize a tax savings, defined as a lower quarterly estimated tax payment or a lower tax owed on your annual return.

This content is not tax or financial advice for you. Please talk with a CPA to find what's right for your situation.