Post by High Priestess on Apr 25, 2017 9:29:44 GMT
This article appeared in a San Diego paper in Feb 2017:
www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/san-diegos-cracking-down-on-airbnb-hosts/
San Diego has started dropping bombs on Airbnb hosts.
In recent months, the city’s sent out more than 240 letters demanding that folks renting out their rooms or homes pay hotel taxes.
Since then, 175 of more than 3,100 local hosts have signed up to pay taxes, and at least a quarter of them have been told they’ll owe more than just future bills. At least 40 hosts have started to pay back taxes – which can include late charges of up to 25 percent – for stays that occurred weeks, months or even years ago, according to the city treasurer’s office.
That's bad governing, and it's why many hosts try to "fly under the radar". City governments need to be fairer to hosts, which means -- dont' try to penalize people for not registering with the city and paying hotel taxes, prior to your actually passing laws which make hosting legal. People just aren't going to approach the city and ask for a license to do short term rentals when that isn't legal in the city. Duh. They will wait til the city gets its butt in gear and brings its laws into the 21st century.
www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/san-diegos-cracking-down-on-airbnb-hosts/
San Diego has started dropping bombs on Airbnb hosts.
In recent months, the city’s sent out more than 240 letters demanding that folks renting out their rooms or homes pay hotel taxes.
Since then, 175 of more than 3,100 local hosts have signed up to pay taxes, and at least a quarter of them have been told they’ll owe more than just future bills. At least 40 hosts have started to pay back taxes – which can include late charges of up to 25 percent – for stays that occurred weeks, months or even years ago, according to the city treasurer’s office.
That's bad governing, and it's why many hosts try to "fly under the radar". City governments need to be fairer to hosts, which means -- dont' try to penalize people for not registering with the city and paying hotel taxes, prior to your actually passing laws which make hosting legal. People just aren't going to approach the city and ask for a license to do short term rentals when that isn't legal in the city. Duh. They will wait til the city gets its butt in gear and brings its laws into the 21st century.