2023-11-07 14:00:08
In Italy, the law requires the platform to collect a 21% tax on short-term rentals.
On Monday, the financial police ordered the seizure of nearly 780 million euros fromAirbnb amid an investigation into tax evasion.
For the Milan public prosecutor’s office, the rental platform did not collect tax on rental income received by owners over a period from 2017 to 2021.
Airbnb “surprised and disappointed”
On the platform side, we say to ourselves “surprised and disappointed” en avançant l’engagement de “active discussions with the Italian tax authorities since June 2023 to resolve this matter”. Airbnb adds: “We believe that we have acted in accordance with the law and we intend to assert our rights”.
And that’s not all, since Airbnb indicates that it has contested before the justice the 2017 law forcing the group to collect a 21% tax on income from short-term rentals.
A law full of “complexity and uncertainty”
Airbnb also attacks a promising law “complexity and uncertainty”affirming “keep believing” that it does not apply to him.
At the end of the previous month, the government announced its desire to fight more strongly against short-term rentals evading tax and to increase taxation on owners offering more than one apartment on this type of platform.
The search for transparency
Following a summit of the government coalition, the vice-president of the Council Antonio Tajani announced the creation of a “code d’identification national” dedicated to tourist accommodation, in order to track down those which have not been declared to the tax services.
“Thus, there will be transparency and the whole system will be regularized”he said, also promising an increase in state revenue and conversely, “a reduction in the tax burden” families. Regarding the increase in the tax rate, “it will only be applied from the second apartment rented by each owner, so it will not be for everyone”.
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