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Albany County committee backs applying occupancy tax to short-term rentals; registry, audits planned
Summary
After a public hearing, the committee approved language to apply Albany County's 6.5% hotel occupancy tax to short-term rentals (stays under 30 days), require registry reporting and create auditing tools; staff estimated about 250 initial registrants and said existing hotels would benefit from parity.
Albany County's Law Committee held a public hearing and subsequently approved introduction of proposed Local Law K to apply the county's 6.5% occupancy tax to short-term rentals and require a registry and quarterly reporting.
Jeff Neil, identified in the record as director of the Division of Finance, explained the change would close a perceived fairness gap between…
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