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Estimated Total AirBnB Host Revenues by City

August 23, 2015harmariadminBlog, Short Term Rentals, Tax Discoveryairbnb, audit, auditor, compliance, enforcement, flipkey, hotel tax, motel tax, occupancy, short term rental, str, tax gap, tourism tax, transient tax, vacation rental, vrbo

Popular short term rental booking websites like AirBnB have demonstrated that the internet can be a lucrative marketplace that tax and revenue must heed. In fact, the $25 Billion valuation should be further evidence of the value of a grey-market for tax called the Sharing Economy. Tax Discovery departments for the state, city and county

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