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Ohio tourism, hotel and local officials back bill to make short‑term rentals collect lodging and sales taxes
Summary
Witnesses from convention and visitors bureaus, county tourism offices and the hotel industry told the House Development Committee that House Bill 161 would create tax parity by requiring short‑term rentals to collect lodging and sales taxes, and offered county revenue estimates and enforcement concerns.
Supporters of House Bill 161 told the House Development Committee the legislation would require short‑term rentals to collect and remit lodging and sales taxes at local rates and that doing so would create parity with hotels and help fund tourism promotion and public services.
"House Bill 161 would establish that short term rentals ... are required to collect and remit lodging and sales taxes," said Andrew Herff of the Ohio Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus. Herff and representatives from local CVBs and tourism organizations said the bill does not change how lodging tax revenue is distributed and does not intend to preempt local regulation of…
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