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Quebec reaches lodging tax deal with Airbnb
33 points by qazwse_
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-airbnb-hotel-tax-1...___________________________________________________________________
j15e - 42 minutes ago
The most interesting thing for me will be that we be that the
governement (and maybe us too) will be able to know much more
precisely how much Airbnb renting is going on in the province and
possibly where & when too.
frandroid - moments ago
It's mostly a double-tax grab: 1st, the hospitality tax, and 2nd,
when Revenue Qu?bec goes after hosts' undeclared income. This
will have the effect to dissuade the small hosts due to
government harassment, while the larger hosts will pay the income
tax and still make bank. Exactly the outcome that is undesirable.
abuteau - 33 minutes ago
They did the same with Uber https://www.uber.com/en-
CA/drive/montreal/get-started/tax-re...
sien - 20 minutes ago
It's great to see local and state government coming to a sensible
deal with AirBnB and also with Uber.It should be a model for how to
handle these things. Some light oversight and some tax, but not
caving in to extant rent seekers like taxi plate owners and hotel
chain owners.
Spivak - 14 minutes ago
I'm sorry, what? I get that Airbnb allows individuals to list
their own properties but if we're being honest in a couple years
the majority of Airbnb property owners are going to be precisely
those existing rent seekers who have found a way to operate
basically small expensive hotels in areas where commercial zoning
is expensive.It's really isn't going to change much in the long
run. It's just a de-facto commercial zoning grant to all
residential areas. It's going to decrease the pool of available
properties for long-term residents and raise the rents for those
residents because every property manager is going to have to
decide whether they think they could make more money by renting
to an individual long-term or by just perpetually listing on
Airbnb.This really isn't a victory for anybody but Airbnb and
existing property managers.
frandroid - 2 minutes ago
The "one host, one home" deal is a much better way to deal with the
downsides of Airbnb:
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2017/06/19/toronto-to...