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Athens County votes to end Airbnb third-party collection after reconciliation problems
Summary
Auditor staff reported double-payment cases and lump-sum Airbnb remittances that lack property-level detail; commissioners voted Feb. 10 to terminate the Airbnb collection agreement effective April 1 and referred late-fee collection questions to the prosecutor.
The Athens County Board of Commissioners voted Feb. 10 to terminate the county's third-party lodging-tax collection agreement with Airbnb, citing reconciliation problems and a lack of property-level remittance detail that prevents verification of host payments.
Leah Allen of the Auditor's Office told the board that some hosts had already remitted county…
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