The Canton of Schaffhausen levies a visitor tax of CHF 2.50 per person per overnight stay in paid accommodation. The rate applies uniformly; the official source specifies no higher or lower standard adult tiers. Accommodation covered includes hotels, motels, pensions, spa establishments, holiday houses and apartments, private guest rooms, campsites, group accommodation, youth hostels, dormitories, bed-and-breakfast establishments, farms offering overnight accommodation, and accommodation offered through internet platforms.
Exempt from the visitor tax are children up to and including the completed age of 12, and accommodation of youth organizations, organizations for persons with disabilities, and school classes. No reduced adult tier is specified.
Short-term paid rentals, including holiday apartments, private guest rooms, bed-and-breakfast accommodation, farms with overnight accommodation, and properties offered through online platforms such as Airbnb, fall within the taxable accommodation definition. The accommodation provider must collect the CHF 2.50 tax from the guest and remit it to the designated authority. The official source also requires accommodation providers to register guest stays electronically through gast.sh.ch.