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Airbnb To Start Collecting Hotel Tax On Rentals In San Francisco

Posted by samzenpus on from the paying-the-price dept.

An anonymous reader writes Airbnb announced that it will begin collecting a 14% occupancy tax on behalf of its San Francisco hosts October 1. "This is the culmination of a long process that began earlier this year when we announced our intent to help collect and remit occupancy taxes in San Francisco," wrote Airbnb public policy leader David Owen. The company already collects taxes in Portland, and has discussed the possibility of collecting taxes in New York.

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  1. Finally, an honest Internet company by aaronb1138 · · Score: 0, Troll

    It is really great that AirBNB is being a responsible civic citizen and charging / paying taxes which apply to their business.

    Can we go ahead and explain to Uber and Lyft that they need taxi licenses and to pay their share or gtfo.