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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by Karunamon on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:30AM (#14131633)
>Airbnb is a gigantic business,

Right.

>and the 'hosts' are also businesses

Wrong. The hosts may or may not be a business, depending on their circumstances and motivations. A host could be someone leasing out their rental, or could be someone just renting out an extra room for some side cash. Until you have data to suggest otherwise, please refrain from damning everyone in the second category as belonging to the first category.

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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by debacle on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:44AM (#14131732)
If you're accepting money from someone in exchange for a good (in this case, housing), you are a business.
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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by Karunamon on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:46AM (#14131746)
An interesting definition. One that I'm glad doesn't apply to the random junk I sell on eBay and Craigslist.
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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by xapata on Monday April 17, 2017 @12:43PM (#14132337)
In fact it does! The IRS just doesn't bother to go after you for it, because it's not worth the effort.
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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by Karunamon on Monday April 17, 2017 @03:07PM (#14133547)
No, the IRS doesn't bother to go after me for it because generally, those items are being sold at a loss.
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