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Owner of local short-term rental urges clearer accounting for transient lodging tax revenue
Summary
City staff reported a new dedicated account for transient-occupancy (lodging) tax receipts and said collections totaled just under $9,000 in FY25. An Airbnb owner told council she supports visitors but questioned transparency and benefit to taxpaying hosts.
City staff told the Staton City Council on July 21 that the city has moved transient-occupancy tax (TOT) receipts into a dedicated account to improve tracking and that FY25 receipts totaled just under $9,000. The tax was adopted by ordinance in 1999 and the city reported it is self-reported by operators and has historically been recorded into a miscellaneous general-fund revenue line, making tracking…
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