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style="max-width: 850px;"> <h1>Short-Term Rental Host Compliance</h1> <h2 style="font-size: 30px;">A guide for local governments looking to manage or monetize their transient rental market.</h2> </div> <div class="hero-loading"></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-2 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-cell content-section sticky-parent plr80 md-plr0" style="" data-widget-type="cell" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-3 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-cell centered md-stack" style="" data-widget-type="cell" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-4 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span4 widget-span widget-type-cell pr100 md-pr0" style="" data-widget-type="cell" data-x="0" data-w="4"> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-5 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-cell form-button-theme p30 large-shadow radius sticky-item offset-100 md-cancel" style="" data-widget-type="cell" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-2 row-number-1 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget " style="" data-widget-type="custom_widget" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_1621605883019374" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"><span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_1621605883019374_" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text"><ol> <li><a href="#overview" rel="noopener">Short-term rental market overview</a></li> <li><a href="#key-stats" rel="noopener">Key statistics local leaders should know</a></li> <li><a href="#core-challenges" rel="noopener">Core challenges in regulating short-term rentals</a></li> <li><a href="#identify-gaps" rel="noopener">Why compliance audits matter for local governments</a></li> <li><a href="#str-monitoring" rel="noopener">Tips for easy & efficient short-term rental monitoring</a></li> <li><a href="#tax-compliance" rel="noopener">Achieving tax compliance</a></li> <li><a href="#manage-maximize" rel="noopener">Manage & maximize your short-term rental market</a></li> </ol></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="span8 widget-span widget-type-cell md-mt100" style="" data-widget-type="cell" data-x="4" data-w="8"> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-1 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-rich_text tl" style="" data-widget-type="rich_text" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="cell-wrapper layout-widget-wrapper"> <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_14918234371251607" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text"><p>Local governments are tasked with more than ever these days—often with tighter budgets and fewer employees. That’s why it's critical to keep up with growing market segments and secure additional revenues incrementally. Like the booming short-term rental industry. Whether your community has just a few listings today—or a few thousand—you need to take a long-term view at how to monitor short-term rentals in your community and collect taxes and fees from hosts.</p></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-2 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-rich_text tl" style="" data-widget-type="rich_text" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="cell-wrapper layout-widget-wrapper"> <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_1620748878555609" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text"><a id="overview" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2>W<span data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"what is considered a short term rental"}" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":769,"3":{"1":0},"11":4,"12":0}">hat is considered a short-term rental?</span></h2> <p>What exactly is a short-term rental? Local ordinances may have specific definitions particular to that area; however, short-term rentals are generally defined as furnished units that are available for short periods of time, from just a day to a month.</p> <p>However, short-term rentals take many forms across the world, such as a spare bedroom in an owner-occupied home, an entire apartment or home, or alternate accommodations such as yurts, treehouses, Airstream trailers, tiny homes, and more.</p> <p>In addition to “short-term rental,” these accommodations go by many terms—and so do applicable taxes. Also knows as transient rentals, vacation rentals, and, most recently, condotels, short-term rental properties generate taxes and fees known as transient occupancy tax (TOT), transient tax, short-term rental tax, or fall under standard hotel-motel tax. Read about these <a href="/blog/short-term-rental-ordinances-in-the-news" rel="noopener" target="_blank">short-term rental ordinances</a> in the news.</p> <p>There are tens of thousands of individual companies and dozens of <a href="/blog/local-leaders-how-much-do-you-know-about-short-term-rentals" rel="noopener" target="_blank">short-term rental platforms</a> across the country, some big and some small, operating in big cities, small towns—and every community in between. This is a $30 billion dollar market, predicted to rebound big in 2021 and 2022.</p> <a id="key-stats" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2>Key statistics local leaders should know</h2> <p>Airbnb recently polled more than 1,000 Americans as to their 2021 travel plans, especially now that vaccines are becoming more and more available. <a href="https://news.airbnb.com/2021-travel/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">According to this winter/spring 2021 report</a>, Americans will likely be hitting the road this year with more confidence than last year, but still abundant caution. Read our <a href="/blog/airbnb-5-takeaways-3-recommendations" rel="noopener" target="_blank">five key takeaways</a> from this new survey.</p> <p>Local governments needs to understand the scope of the national vacation rental market so they can be proactive in their compliance approach. Here are some key statistics:</p> <ul> <li>As of 2021, the size of the U.S. short-term rental market is <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2020/10/13/kasa-living-a-short-term-rental-startup-raises-30-million-to-create-a-more-formal-airbnb/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">$30 billion</a></li> <li>The daily average revenue generated by a short-term rental is <a href="https://www.statista.com/outlook/mmo/travel-tourism/vacation-rentals/united-states" rel="noopener">$300</a></li> <li>In some cities, <a href="https://www.statesman.com/news/20190723/study-finds-75-of-austin-short-term-rentals-are-illegal" rel="noopener" target="_blank">75%</a> of short-term rentals are not in compliance</li> <li>Airbnb as experienced a revenue <a href="https://www.businessofapps.com/data/airbnb-statistics/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">growth of $3 billion</a> from 2016 to 2019</li> <li>Millennials will make up the <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vacation-rental-market-size-worth-113-9-billion-by-2027--cagr-3-4-grand-view-research-inc-301063412.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">majority of the short-term rental market</a> by 2025 (75% of it)</li> <li>Gen X made up the <a href="https://twitter.com/skift/status/1395051644929380352" rel="noopener" target="_blank">largest share of pandemic renters</a> in 2020 (20%)</li> </ul></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-3 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget " style="" data-widget-type="custom_widget" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_16216080035151319" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-linked_image" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"> <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_16216080035151319_" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_linked_image" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="linked_image"><img src="https://www.localgov.org/hubfs/STR-Pillar-Infographic-2.png" class="hs-image-widget " style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" alt="STR-Pillar-Infographic-2" title="STR-Pillar-Infographic-2"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-4 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-rich_text tl pt40" style="" data-widget-type="rich_text" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="cell-wrapper layout-widget-wrapper"> <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_16216081964001407" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text"><h5 style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: #669ac6;"><strong>Did you know?</strong> Many short-term rental administration platforms <strong>fail</strong> to pay taxes on behalf of their hosts.</span></h5> <a id="core-challenges" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2>How to regulate short-term rentals: core challenges for local governments</h2> <p>If you don’t understand the short-term rental market, you can’t manage or monetize. Let’s dive deeper and take a look at <a href="/blog/how-to-overcome-transient-occupancy-tax-compliance-challenges" rel="noopener" target="_blank">obstacles local governments face</a> when it comes to monitoring a community's short-term rental industry.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Short on staff:</strong> Budgets are tight and each employee is already stretched thin. Some communities utilize data analysts to find short-term rentals, others utilize code-compliance officers, but many rely on neighborhood complaints or even first-responder reports.</li> <li><strong>Irregular borders:</strong> Many communities have complicated borders, sometimes due to geography, annexation, or other factors. Unusual borders make it easy to miss addresses.</li> <li><strong>Marketplaces don’t turn over records.</strong> You can’t just call up these providers and ask for a list of short-term rentals in your community. Nope. Employees need to comb through records, export data, compare it to deeds, online maps, etc. It’s just not very easy.</li> <li><strong>There are just so many platforms to track.</strong> Dozens of providers are active in communities across America, from Airbnb to HomeAway to vrbo. <a href="https://www.azavar.com/en/blog/keep-tabs-on-the-short-term-rental-market?__hstc=47474360.0aeacfc985168b76e1789dfefa0a3a82.1621359492785.1621556958278.1621605004384.9&__hssc=47474360.5.1621605004384&__hsfp=1326539302" rel="noopener">More pop up every day</a>. Even if your community only has a few at play, there can be hundreds or thousands of listings to sort through, verify, and track. </li> </ul> <p><span>According to a <a href="https://news.airbnb.com/2021-travel-trends/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">recent report released by Airbnb</a>, the company is starting to see some distinct changes in how Americans are vacationing that it predicts will extend will into 2021. Read about what your community should do to <a href="/blog/experts-predict-more-2021-travel" rel="noopener" target="_blank">prepare for a boost in short-term rentals</a> and download the guide.</span></p> <p><span>A recent shift in short-term rental trends is c</span>reating opportunities for smaller municipalities to market themselves and —as well as the need to manage increased demands from short-term rental hosts and guests. Check out <a href="/blog/5-short-term-rental-trends-3-tips-for-your-municipality" rel="noopener" target="_blank">these tips</a> for how municipalities should prepare and react.<span></span><span></span><span></span></p></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-5 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-custom_widget " style="" data-widget-type="custom_widget" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_16216084080051615" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_module widget-type-linked_image" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="module"> <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_16216084080051615_" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_linked_image" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="linked_image"><img src="https://www.localgov.org/hubfs/AdobeStock_83947223-1.jpeg" class="hs-image-widget " style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" alt="AdobeStock_83947223-1" title="AdobeStock_83947223-1"></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid-wrapper row-depth-1 row-number-6 "> <div class="row-fluid "> <div class="span12 widget-span widget-type-rich_text tl pt40" style="" data-widget-type="rich_text" data-x="0" data-w="12"> <div class="cell-wrapper layout-widget-wrapper"> <span id="hs_cos_wrapper_module_16216084041821605" class="hs_cos_wrapper hs_cos_wrapper_widget hs_cos_wrapper_type_rich_text" style="" data-hs-cos-general-type="widget" data-hs-cos-type="rich_text"><a id="identify-gaps" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2>Identifying gaps: the importance of revenue reviews</h2> <p>Read on to see what revenue reviews—or compliance audits—can do for your city’s finances and your business community.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Many cities really don’t know the size of their short-term rental market. </strong>Many of our clients think they only have a few short-term rentals or hosts; however, a revenue review often turns up additional listings—sometimes hundreds.</li> <li><span><strong>Revenue reviews help uncover money that a municipality is rightfully owed.</strong> These should be conducted frequently, so as to facilitate a more stable tax revenue to your community’s coffers. </span></li> <li><span><strong>What if most of your short-term rental hosts/platforms are paying taxes, but others aren’t?</strong> That’s not fair to those businesses in compliance—and it certainly isn’t fair to taxpayers. But revenue reviews uncover unpaid taxes and help bring tax scofflaws into compliance. That levels the playing field for everyone.</span><span></span></li> <li><span><strong>Grow new tax revenue and support local property owners</strong>. Monitoring doesn't mean that your government wants to kill a growing industry like short-term rental. It's about creating a clear ordinance without loopholes that can be exploited by big companies, connecting hosts with online resources to pay quickly taxes and fees, and offer residents a voice as to what's happening in their community.</span></li> </ul> <a id="str-monitoring" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2><span>Get started with short-term rental monitoring</span></h2> <p>Localgov's parent company, Azavar, has more than 25 years of experience with comprehensive compliance audits for municipalities. Learn how <a href="https://www.azavar.com/compliance-audits" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Azavar's revenue discovery system</a> has brought home more than $500 million to 400+ communities across the United States.</p> <h3><span>Read now:</span> A real-life <a href="https://www.localgov.org/case-study-hudson-new-york-transient-rental-market" rel="noopener" target="_blank">compliance </a><a href="/case-study-hudson-new-york-transient-rental-market" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><span style="color: #669ac6;">success story</span></a> from Hudson, New York</h3> <p>Hudson, New York is a favorite destination of New York City residents. As a result, the short-term rental market has boomed. But keeping up with the listings, and making sure all hosts were following local laws? That was a major challenge for city leaders. <span>A compliance audit uncovered dozens of properties out of compliance, to the tune of $30K each year, and connected its management with actionable data.</span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://www.localgov.org/case-study-hudson-new-york-transient-rental-market" rel="noopener">>> Read the full case study here</a>.</p> <hr> <blockquote> <p style="font-size: 24px;">Once we started looking, we realized that we probably had many more short-term rental properties than we knew about.”<br><em><span style="font-size: 18px;">—Brenda Hurst, Chief Fiscal Officer, Erie County, Ohio</span></em><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></p> </blockquote> <hr> <p>More than ever, it’s important for local governments of all sizes to proactively manage its transient rental market. Whether or not your community experiences a boom in travel, this sector requires oversight, management, and monetization.</p> <p>But many governments lack in-house resources to develop and refine ordinances, monitor listings and remittances, and provide the kind of online registration and payment tools to ensure quick payment by hosts. Take a look at these <a href="/blog/growing-tot-revenue-using-localgov" rel="noopener" target="_blank">communities growing their TOT revenue</a> and learn how they took control over their vacation-rental market.</p> <a id="tax-compliance" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2>Achieving tax compliance</h2> <p>What does tax compliance really mean? Simply put: it's making sure laws are followed and applicable taxes and fees are paid. Sounds easy, but city finance directors know that achieving 100% host compliance is the goal—and a challenge.</p> <p>After adding an ordinance, it's important to conduct regular <a href="https://www.azavar.com/compliance-audits?__hstc=47474360.0aeacfc985168b76e1789dfefa0a3a82.1621359492785.1621556958278.1621605004384.9&__hssc=47474360.5.1621605004384&__hsfp=1326539302" rel="noopener">compliance audits aka revenue reviews</a>. Then, a community is well-positioned to realize 100% tax compliance—on short-term rental taxes or any other tax. This method is universally applicable to any remittances paid to a local government.</p> <p>Here’s how municipalities should work toward total tax compliance for all taxpayers, from single-unit hosts to larger hospitality groups and even short-term rental platforms.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Make it easy—on taxpayers <i>and</i> your team:</strong> Some municipalities still require hosts to file paper forms and mail in checks. This is a hassle for the taxpayer, and takes up valuable time from staff members who could probably be utilized in more high-value activities.</li> <li><strong>Add a robust tax and fee administration platform: </strong><span> We are all used to paying bills online, even filing state and federal taxes online. It’s just what we do now. Go online to get the paper out of the process. Already have a digital tax payment system? Ask yourself—and the users—just how user-friendly it is. If you hear complaints about how clunky it is, get frequent calls requesting help from users, or are struggling with low compliance, your tool is likely a big part of the problem. </span><a href="/short-term-rental-administration-program" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Learn about Localgov</a><span>.</span></li> <li><strong>Choose the right partner:</strong><span> Local governments should find a revenue-management solution specifically tailored for the needs of local governments. Not all partners understand the key challenges municipalities face, from budgets to staff to technology and integration needs.</span></li> <li><strong>Offer taxpayer support on their terms</strong><span>: Many business owners—especially small-business owners—catch up with paperwork during off hours when your offices aren’t open. Your technology vendor should augment your staff time by offering its own customer-service solution featuring evening and weekend support.</span><span></span><span></span></li> </ul> <p><span>Host compliance happens when taxpayers comply with your laws. Sounds simple. But it takes a closed loop of clear laws, revenue reviews, and smart administration to reach 100%. </span></p> <h3>Short-term rental administration made easy</h3> <p>Part of our approach to revenue management for local governments includes our comprehensive <a href="/short-term-rental-administration-program" rel="noopener" target="_blank">tax-and-fee collection and accountability solution</a> that helps hosts register rentals, pay taxes, and get in compliance quickly.</p> <span></span> <ul> <li>Easy-to-use, consumer-friendly online platform that handles short-term rental registrations and renewals <strong>as well as</strong> tax payments.</li> <li><span>Hosts can get in compliance with your laws </span><strong>on their terms</strong><span>—such as offering multiple secure payment options including ACH/electronic check, credit or debit card. No more mailing in paper forms and checks.</span></li> <li><span>Municipalities gain a steadier stream of tax payments. By making it easy to pay, hosts do pay. Plus, in facilitating online payments, Localgov gets communities almost-instant access to funds—</span><strong>no more waiting weeks for checks to come in the mail and clear.</strong></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.localgov.org/short-term-rental-administration-program" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Learn about our short-term rental tax-administration solution.</a></p> <h4><strong>Plus, Localgov offers Concierge Customer Service for local governments and short-term rental hosts. </strong></h4> <span></span> <ul> <li>Access to live representatives during extended business hours, and 24-hour coverage.</li> <li><span>Management of nuisance-reporting hotlines where consumers can alert communities to challenging short-term rental properties.</span></li> <li><span>Personalized assistance for short-term rental hosts who need help switching to a new system.</span></li> <li><span>Takes the load off municipal employees who would have traditionally provided customer-service tasks and frees up their time for more high-impact activities.</span></li> </ul> <p>Localgov is a great way for governments to provide a user-friendly technology solution that saves taxpayers time and effort—while also helping ensure total tax compliance.<br><span></span></p> <p>Interested? Learn more about Localgov and <a href="https://www.localgov.org/demo-short-term-rental" rel="noopener">set up a demo</a>.</p> <hr> <blockquote> <p style="font-size: 24px;">I can't tell you how much I appreciate a call from a 'live person.' I look forward to filing my monthly taxes online.”<br><em><span style="font-size: 18px;">— Claudius Edmond Huggins Jr., Short-term rental host, Sunset Beach, NC<br></span></em></p> </blockquote> <hr><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span><a id="manage-maximize" data-hs-anchor="true"></a> <h2>Manage & maximize your short-term rental market</h2> <p>Get started with our revenue discovery system for municipalities. </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.azavar.com/compliance-audits?__hstc=47474360.0aeacfc985168b76e1789dfefa0a3a82.1621359492785.1621556958278.1621605004384.9&__hssc=47474360.5.1621605004384&__hsfp=1326539302" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Comprehensive compliance audits</a> that reveal your current short-term rental landscape.</li> <li><a href="https://www.azavar.com/solutions?__hstc=47474360.0aeacfc985168b76e1789dfefa0a3a82.1621359492785.1621556958278.1621605004384.9&__hssc=47474360.5.1621605004384&__hsfp=1326539302" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ordinance-development assistance</a><span> team to help make the most of this industry's potential.</span></li> <li><a href="/short-term-rental-administration-program" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Short-term rental administration</a><span> platform that makes it easy for hosts to get in compliance with local laws.</span></li> <li><span>Host-friendly customer service team that provides live support and frees up government staff.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span>Schedule a demo today</span></h3> <p>We are excited to learn about your community's short-term rental market and your tax-compliance challenges. 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