Tax Articles
Sales and Lodging Tax Basics
This section provides an overview of sales & lodging tax requirements for vacation rentals.
Zoning! Restrictions on Vacation Rentals
This section provides a background on a growing issue in the Vacation Rental industry, municipalities or HOA's that restrict or prohibit vacation rentals.
Examples of how Vacation Rental Taxes Work
This section gives a couple specific examples of how state and local Vacation Rental taxes work.
Why is Vacation Rental tax Compliance Important
We offer our thoughts on why tax compliance is important to you and the industry.
Back Taxes--What to do About Periods Where You Didnt Collect the Taxes
Most states have programs that allow for taxpayers to become compliant and catch-up on periods where the tax should have been collected and paid, but was not.
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
VR Taxes in the News
Legislators Revisit Tax Hikes to Help Plug Gaps in Hawaii Budget
Honoluluadvertiser.com- Honolulu, HI (03/23)
The state House used a combination of spending cuts, state worker layoffs, special-fund diversions and tax increases to balance the two-year budget...
New Deadline for Hawaii General Excise Tax Returns...
Hawaii Department of Taxation (3/10)
The Department of Taxation reminds taxpayers of new general excise tax (GET) filing and payment deadlines for periodic returns beginning with returns filed for the January 2010 period...
Bed Tax (Increase) Ok'd to Pursue Low Cost Airline
Newsherald.com- Panama City Beach, FL (2/22)
The Bay County Commission voted Tuesday morning to add a fifth cent to the bed tax, which the Tourist Development Council will use to try to bring a low-cost airline to the county's new airport.....
Sarasota County TDT Wil Increase on May 1, 2010
Sarasota County Tax Collector-Sarasota, FL (03/07)
Starting on May 1, 2010 the Sarasota Tourist Development Tax will increase from 4.0% to 4.5%. This county tax is in addition to the 7.0% tax due to the state of Florida.
Commission Votes YES on Fourth Penny for TDC
KeysNet- Monroe County, FL (3/21)
It took all of a couple minutes, but Tourist Development Council Director Harold Wheeler said the Monroe County Commission's Wednesday approval of a fourth-penny bed tax ...
Washington County Officials Create First Occupancy Tax
PostStar.com- Fort Edward, NY (01/09)
The Washington County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an occupancy tax this morning at its final regular meeting of the year.....
Commission Votes to Raise Hotel/Motel Tax to 5 Percent
Blount Today- Blount County,TN (12/26)
The Blount County Commission on Thursday, Dec. 18, voted to increase the hotel/motel tax from 4 cents to 5 cents.....
Snowmass Village to Stick with Increased Tax Rate
Steamboat Pilot & Today- Snowmass Village, CO, USA (12/8)
Snowmass Village retailer Barbara Bakios-Wickes doesn’t think residents and guests will drive elsewhere to buy goods when the town’s sales tax rises beyond 10 percent....
Vacation Rental Denials Overturned
Mount Desert Islander-Bar Harbor, ME (03/23)
The plain language of the town’s 2006 ordinance regulating vacation rentals is not plain enough. That was the conclusion the board of appeals reached Tuesday night before voting to grant three requests to overturn decisions to deny property owners vacation rental permits...
Some Rental Agencies Wary of (Room) Tax...
The Outer Banks Voice, Kitty Hawk, NC (3/10)
Some rental management companies have expressed concerns about a proposed occupancy tax increase and that it would seem to benefit only one town... |
