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Borger staff to enforce hotel-occupancy taxes on short-term rentals after new software identifies listings
Summary
City staff said new visual-recognition software identified short-term rental listings and will help enforce hotel-occupancy tax collection; officials said Airbnb-style rentals generated about $500,000 in revenue last year, implying roughly $40,000 in tax owed.
City staff told the Borger City Council that new visual-recognition software has made it possible to identify short-term rental listings and begin enforcing the city’s hotel-occupancy tax on hosts.
Bradley said the software can locate property listings even when a rental platform does not supply an address. “Airbnb’s generated almost $500,000…
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