Vienna makes reporting renting accommodations to visitors compulsory

 

VIENNA, Austria - Fair play in the tourism industry: Vienna has issued an amendment making reporting compulsory for anybody renting out accommodations to visitors - no matter whether commercially or privately. With immediate effect, landlords will be obliged to provide all data necessary to establish any tax liability. Compulsory reporting will also apply to room rental platforms on the internet.

 

The provincial government of Vienna regulates conditions for the tourist industry - including a local accommodation tax - by the Vienna Tourism Promotion Act. This tax amounts to 3.2% of the net cost of accommodation, is paid by the guest, and applies to both commercial and private accommodations.

 

The amendment passed on September 30 now stipulates that landlords must provide the city with the addresses of all accommodations used by tourists within two weeks so that the latter can ensure that the tax is paid correctly.

 

Full story: http://www.eturbonews.com/75168/vienna-makes-reporting-renting-accommodations-visitors-compulsor

 

-- eTN 2016-10-04

From Uber to Airbnb and beyond, the world is quickly changing and the old guard doesn't like it. Must be a good thing...

Australia take note.

Probably meant to trace rich Moslems....

Just want to make sure they get their taxes from people who rent out accommodations. No extra hit on Tourist. If someone is collecting this tax and not paying it, then it becomes tax evasion and fraud. So it is just tightening down on there tax collection and nothing more.