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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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