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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Friday June 08, 2018 @05:45PM (#17269978)
Venice, mentioned elsewhere in this thread as a problem city because of AirBnB, levies this tax against people who visit and stay in AirBnB
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by wool_gather on Saturday June 09, 2018 @10:31AM (#17273211)
This is interesting. How is it enforced and collected?
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by xapata on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:41AM (#17277190)
Separate line item in the nightly rate. It's easy to overlook. It references the locale collecting the tax.
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Re:Nearly 80% of Japan’s Airbnbs removed in response to new ... by Cub3 on Saturday June 09, 2018 @02:13PM (#17274209)
Anecdotally when I was staying in Venice two years ago I didn't pay any kind of tax for the Airbnb unless it was worked into the price.
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