Superhost Secrets: Airbnb Management and More

Here's a concise summary of the situation. Airbnb automatically collects a thirteen to fourteen percent occupancy tax directly from guests in Las Vegas as a line item. Hosts cannot opt out of this charge. Clark County has no collection agreement with any accommodation facilitator and won't accept taxes from unlicensed short-term rentals. Hosts are legally responsible for remitting these taxes, and Airbnb hasn't even applied for facilitator status. The tax is applied to reservations and hosts non uniformily. Despite occupancy tax only applying to under 30 day bookings airbnb has broadly applied it to most bookings regardless of license status or length of booking. Additionally a situation arose with a booking of 60 days where the fee was being applied and through personal and projessional connections my client was able to have the tax removed from his listing and bookings. I estimate in clark county alone airbnb has collected two hundred fifty million dollars in the past fiv...