Koskamo

Tourist Tax Keeper MCP

An MCP server that calculates UK tourist tax (visitor levy) for holiday lets in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, and other regions, providing levy amounts, retention details, and return deadlines based on booking parameters.

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Tourist Tax Keeper MCP logo, by Nero LabsCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Published by Nero Labs
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

2 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

2 of 2 have a description · 2 of 2 declare behavior hints · 2 of 2 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Calculate UK tourist tax for a specific holiday let booking
  • Retrieve visitor levy rules and return deadlines for a region
  • Check Wales registration requirements for accommodation providers

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0

Protocol and capabilities

Server
uk-tourist-tax 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
2 advertised
Resources
Not advertised
Resource templates
Not advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {}
}

Tools

2 advertised

calculate_uk_tourist_tax — Calculate UK tourist tax (visitor levy) on a booking
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

UK only. Works out the tourist tax (visitor levy) a holiday let, B&B, guest house, hotel, hostel or campsite owes on one booking: Edinburgh 5% (first 5 nights, live since 24 July 2026), Glasgow 5% (from 25 January 2027), Aberdeen 7%, Stirling 3%, West Dunbartonshire 5%, Cardiff £1.30 per person per night (from 1 April 2027). Returns the levy, how it was worked out, and the return deadline. Free. The host owes it even when booked through Airbnb or Booking.com.

calculate_uk_tourist_tax input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "area",
    "check_in",
    "check_out"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "area": {
      "enum": [
        "edinburgh",
        "glasgow",
        "aberdeen",
        "stirling",
        "west_dunbartonshire",
        "scotland_other",
        "cardiff",
        "wales_other",
        "england"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Where the property is."
    },
    "guests": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of people on the booking, including children and babies (Wales)."
    },
    "check_in": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Check-in date, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "booked_on": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Date the booking was made, YYYY-MM-DD. Optional: older bookings can be exempt."
    },
    "check_out": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Check-out date, YYYY-MM-DD."
    },
    "under_18s": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "How many of the guests are under 18 (Wales lower rate only)."
    },
    "vat_registered": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True if the host is VAT registered (Scotland: the levy is worked out on the price without VAT)."
    },
    "cleaning_fee_gbp": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Compulsory one-off fees such as cleaning (Scotland). These count towards the levy."
    },
    "accommodation_type": {
      "enum": [
        "self_catering",
        "bnb",
        "hotel",
        "hostel",
        "campsite"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Type of accommodation. Hostel dorm beds and tent pitches pay the lower Welsh rate."
    },
    "accommodation_price_gbp": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "What the guest paid for the nights (Scotland): include any booking fee the GUEST paid inside the booking; leave out meals, separately charged parking, optional extras and the tax itself."
    }
  }
}
calculate_uk_tourist_tax annotations
{
  "title": "Calculate UK tourist tax (visitor levy) on a booking",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
uk_tourist_tax_rules — UK tourist tax (visitor levy) rules and deadlines
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

UK only. Returns the tourist tax (visitor levy) rules, start dates, the next return deadlines and the Wales registration duty for one area, or a list of every area. Free.

uk_tourist_tax_rules input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "area": {
      "enum": [
        "edinburgh",
        "glasgow",
        "aberdeen",
        "stirling",
        "west_dunbartonshire",
        "scotland_other",
        "cardiff",
        "wales_other",
        "england"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional. Leave out to list every area."
    }
  }
}
uk_tourist_tax_rules annotations
{
  "title": "UK tourist tax (visitor levy) rules and deadlines",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (2 of 2 answered).

  1. 2026-11-06: 1 of 1 checks answered
  2. 2026-11-07: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
381 ms
95th percentile latency
381 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 381 ms · metadata changed · 2 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http tourist-tax-keeper-mcp https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add tourist-tax-keeper-mcp --url https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable tourist-tax-keeper-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tourist-tax-keeper-mcp": {
      "url": "https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tourist-tax-keeper-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start tourist-tax-keeper-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "tourist-tax-keeper-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http tourist-tax-keeper-mcp https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tourist-tax-keeper-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://tourist-tax.nerolabs.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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