Airbnb hosts in Pa. earn $122 million in 2018
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philly.comPosted Dec 31, 2018, 6:39 PM UTC
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philly.comRoughly 40 percent of the guests and income came from Philadelphia, where hosts made $47.7 million while welcoming 404,000 guests.
Honestly, thought there would be more in Philly and the state.
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Same, actually sounds a bit low.
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If there are 1000 airbnbs in the city then they each made $4700.
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Commercial enterprises thrive in Philadelphia when taxes are routinely evaded, like those involved in commercial livery (Uber. Lyft, etc.) and transient occupancy taxes.
Philly was one of the first to strike a deal with Airbnb and stRt collecting taxes https://www.google.com/amp/www.philly.com/philly/news/airbnb-tax-hotel-pennsylvania-new-jersey-20181023.html%3FoutputType%3Damp
Thank you for correcting me on state and local tax collection. It seems to be honorary tax collection with no oversight, like a children's business, and the homes still aren't zoned commercially which should raise concerns.
Be consistent when applying any law.
What? You think taxis are the saints of Philly transportation?
If non-commercial vehicles are to be illegally used as commercial taxis, pay taxes as if they are commercial vehicles.
If non-commercially zoned residences are to be illegally used as hotels, they should (at the very least) be taxed as such.
Uber is a giant Predatory Pricing scheme, powered by an endless pool of unprotected workers, legitimized by people who are phone addicted and adverse to using cash/speaking to others/paying a living wage to workers. (Just like iPhone users! Who cares how apple builds them I just but the phones not my problem right?) Unless you think that fare covers that ride. Cabs suck but are fully legit. Uber is cheap because they are basically a distribution service for suckers.