Some local governments play ball with Airbnb
By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee
Nevada County this week became the latest municipality – and the first in the Sacramento region – to reach an agreement allowing the fast-growing vacation housing website Airbnb to collect and pay transient occupancy taxes on behalf of its hosts.
The San Francisco company says it has worked out deals with 275 jurisdictions across the world to collect local taxes.
The Nevada County agreement – which does not include incorporated towns – could double the county’s transient occupancy tax receipts, said Tina Vernon, the county treasurer and tax collector.
Airbnb represents a growing share of Lake Tahoe’s short-term housing. Airbnb said its hosts in the Lake Tahoe region collected $32 million from Nov. 15, 2016, to April 15, 2017 – up 50 percent over the prior year.
