Post by High Priestess on Apr 11, 2016 14:22:38 GMT
See the article:
jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-10/story/should-jacksonville-accept-airbnbs-tax-money#
For years, the website allowed anyone to rent their abodes — houses, apartments, treehouses, tents, RVs or any other creatively defined “home” — like hotels to strangers.
In Jacksonville and most cities, the website has done so without paying bed taxes, arguing that it is up to the person renting his home to pay the taxes.
But two months ago, a PricewaterhouseCoopers tax manager hired by Airbnb sent the Duval County Tax Collector a boiler-plate contract to allow the website to start sending in tax payments for its hosts.
City attorneys are going through the contract with Duval County Tax Collector Michael Corrigan before presenting it to the City Council.
The attorneys say they have no time frame for when they expect to finish going through it or if they will present it before September, when the U.S. Men’s National Team will play a FIFA World Cup qualifying match here, or before October, when the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs face off.
The Airbnb contract is similar to ones agreed to in Orange County, Pinellas County and the state revenue department, which handles taxes for 22 counties. The bed tax is limited in what it can be used for. It is intended to pay for a county’s tourist-related costs — marketing, beach maintenance, and in Jacksonville, stadium improvements.
The proposed contract, among many other things, includes a clause that would exempt Airbnb from paying back taxes.
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THis is part of a national campaign, apparently, where Airbnb is approaching many cities around the nation and offering them tax money. I like the clause that exempts Airbnb from paying back taxes.
jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-10/story/should-jacksonville-accept-airbnbs-tax-money#
For years, the website allowed anyone to rent their abodes — houses, apartments, treehouses, tents, RVs or any other creatively defined “home” — like hotels to strangers.
In Jacksonville and most cities, the website has done so without paying bed taxes, arguing that it is up to the person renting his home to pay the taxes.
But two months ago, a PricewaterhouseCoopers tax manager hired by Airbnb sent the Duval County Tax Collector a boiler-plate contract to allow the website to start sending in tax payments for its hosts.
City attorneys are going through the contract with Duval County Tax Collector Michael Corrigan before presenting it to the City Council.
The attorneys say they have no time frame for when they expect to finish going through it or if they will present it before September, when the U.S. Men’s National Team will play a FIFA World Cup qualifying match here, or before October, when the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs face off.
The Airbnb contract is similar to ones agreed to in Orange County, Pinellas County and the state revenue department, which handles taxes for 22 counties. The bed tax is limited in what it can be used for. It is intended to pay for a county’s tourist-related costs — marketing, beach maintenance, and in Jacksonville, stadium improvements.
The proposed contract, among many other things, includes a clause that would exempt Airbnb from paying back taxes.
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THis is part of a national campaign, apparently, where Airbnb is approaching many cities around the nation and offering them tax money. I like the clause that exempts Airbnb from paying back taxes.