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McKinney staff outline ordinance to require short‑term rental platforms to collect city tax
Summary
Assistant finance director Chance Miller described a proposed ordinance change that would require short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo to collect and remit McKinney occupancy taxes rather than relying on owners to self-report.
At the City of McKinney work session on Sept. 2, 2025, Assistant Finance Director Chance Miller described a proposed ordinance change that would require short-term rental platforms to collect and remit the city’s occupancy tax on behalf of hosts.
Miller said the only change in the draft ordinance is a requirement that platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo collect the tax and remit it to the city. He noted that the city already has an agreement with Airbnb under which Airbnb collects and remits taxes on a monthly basis; the ordinance would require other platforms to do the same.
When asked whether a homeowner could still rent a house directly without using a platform, Miller said that private, off‑platform rentals would be difficult for the city to monitor. He said about 98% of short‑term rental listings the city found were on Airbnb or Vrbo and that a small amount of listings came through other platforms such as Booking.com. Miller said some hosts may use personal sites or informal channels that the city could not reliably track.
The work session discussion did not include an ordinance number, a formal vote, or a specific implementation date for the proposed ordinance; the exchange focused on the policy change’s scope and enforceability. No formal action was recorded in the work session transcript.
