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Re:Ask HN: Will this be the end of Airbnb? by lm28469 on Saturday March 28, 2020 @11:03AM (#22711536)
> Cities (and tax-paying hosts) make a ton of tax revenue from AirBnb

Aha, sure. They pay next to nothing in tax in Europe. Some individuals pay more tax than airbnb while making 10 times less money.

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Re:Ask HN: Will this be the end of Airbnb? by keiferski on Saturday March 28, 2020 @12:33PM (#22712202)
That’s why I included tax-paying hosts. Presumably individuals pay taxes on their hosting earnings, and individual tax rates are often higher than corporate ones.
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