Airbnb Beds Jax with Tax

[MusicMan]

How long will it take the Fire Chief to inspect all 12,000+ units?

[Kiva]

It used to make her $22,000 a year, but with Air Bnb she was able to get the gross income well over $50,000. She ( a rare instance) has always paid all of the taxes, primarily because it was a smart decision.

She always pays her taxes primarily because airbnb collects and remits the sales taxes for us. We never see that money, it goes straight from the guest to airbnb to the city. They do this for the entire state of FL. https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2301/occupancy-tax-collection-and-remittance-by-airbnb-in-florida?fbclid=IwAR30-qHXKqBYFWwP2_JAYyZ3j-NxeP6dcP-9OERKMNeW2cfmV-WIgGcECG0

Actually Airbnb collects the state tax, but at the moment does not collect the city bed tax. They have offered to do this, but so far the wonderful Jax city council has refused. Why? Who knows. But if you look at the link from ProjectMaximus you can see that Duval county is not listed.

[Charles Hunter]

I would expect it would also apply to the Beaches (and Baldwin), unless the legislation specifically excludes them.  The Jacksonville City Council acts like a County Commission, enacting laws for all of Duval County.  Some laws exempt the other 4 communities, most (I believe) do not.

[MusicMan]

I understand. My friend has actually been paying the bed tax too. She knows her stuff, has a top performing Air BnB. She says to closely follow State Bill 987 which impacts STR.  I'm not as well informed but I listen to her cause her income is relying on it.