Travelers both in state and out of state renting from the popular Airbnb website will be seeing the company collecting taxes in more places throughout the state. Local governments view the taxes as vital revenue streams.
The company is working with local governments to eventually get the taxes collected throughout the state. The tax varies per county.
You’re going on a trip and might want to skip the hotel. Popular alternative Airbnb offers rooms or even whole houses in local neighborhoods. But some Florida counties are missing out on tourism taxes.
Leon County is one of them
“Our budget 100 percent comes from the tourist development tax, and that’s the tax that our guests pay who are staying in our commercial lodging establishments,” said Leon County Tourism Development director Lee Daniel.
He said Airbnb has been working with them to expand. They started collecting taxes for 22 counties in December and just added another four.
“Airbnb is being, to their credit, a good corporate citizen and reaching out to all counties in Florida, collecting a tourism development tax,” Daniel said.
In Tallahassee, the rentals are popular during legislative session and Florid
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