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Hawaii fights Expedia, Orbitz, etc. in tax non-compliance

The State of Hawaii Department of Taxation wins a $150M ruling in its favour to collect taxes owing from a consortium of online travel booking agencies led by Expedia, and Travelocity. Hawaii has on its state tax books a General Excise Tax (GET) of 4% where a business must pay for the privilege of doing

Vacation Rental Tax Leads

December 2, 2012harmariadminShort Term Rentals, Tax Discoveryairbnb, audit selection, compliance, flipkey, homeaway, hotel tax, lodging tax, room tax, short term rental, str, tax discovery, tourism occupancy tax, transient, vacation rental tax enforcement, vrbo

Municipalities seek to bridge the tax gap by ensuring that property owners who provide short-term vacation rentals are paying their registration and rental tax obligations. Short term vacation rental (STR) sites such as VRBO, HomeAway, AirBnB and others make it easy for property owners to advertise their short term rental (less than 30 days) to