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Alpine forum highlights short-term rental reporting gaps; staff says platforms don't currently remit local tax
Summary
Residents and officials at an Alpine forum heard that short-term rentals accounted for about 10.36% of local hotel-tax collections last year, that Alpine currently lacks a voluntary collection agreement with Airbnb or Vrbo for the local 7% tax, and that operators remain responsible for adding and remitting the local tax.
At a public session on hotel-occupancy tax, city staff and industry counsel told residents that short-term rentals (STRs) are legally subject to Alpine's 7% municipal hotel-occupancy tax but that collection and remittance present practical challenges.
Mr. Vee of the Alpine Visitor Center raised concerns about the city's STR reporting form using the word "profit" rather than "revenue"; officials agreed the form language should be corrected and that taxable revenue, not profit, is the relevant figure for calculating tax liability.
City staff reported that last year 53 short-term rentals remitted about 10.36% of the…
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