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Warren County treasurer: New York shifting short-term rental tax reporting to counties; county building registry
Summary
County treasurer Christine briefed the Occupancy Tax Committee on a New York State chapter amendment that will require booking platforms to remit occupancy tax to counties and provide more detailed reporting; Warren County staff said they are automating a local registry and will press for standardized reports to ease reconciliation.
Warren County Treasurer Christine reported Tuesday that a pending New York State chapter amendment would shift responsibility for short-term rental registration and much of occupancy-tax remittance from the state to counties, and require booking platforms to provide more detailed reporting to local authorities.
The change matters for Warren County because it will broaden the data available to county tax and tourism officials and change who remits occupancy tax. "The platforms are going to collect the occupancy tax and remit it directly to the counties," Christine said. "We're actually automating our processes now." She added the new definitions in the state amendment will eliminate several longstanding exceptions, including the so-called bungalow exception and the…
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