Interesting regarding the Florida case... am I reading this right? A Florida appellate court ruled that host platforms couldn't be made to collect and remit sales taxes on behalf of the hosts. However, "out of a settlement, Airbnb had to regularly submit to the tax collector’s office information on Airbnb hosts to ensure the hosts were registered with that office and were paying tourist taxes" (Palm Beach Post, Oct 2020). Subsequently, the Florida Supreme Court declined the case, letting the ruling stand (2021).
Re: NYC, there's good and bad stuff in that 2022 law. Yes, you can rent for 30+ days in a pre-approved building. And there are some buildings where you can rent for fewer than 30 days but you must live on-site with the guests (like rent a basement apartment when you're upstairs, for example). But a cool part of the law is that hosting platforms can't process your rentals unless "they are using the city's verification system, that all verifications are occurring correctly, and that the platforms stop processing unverified transactions."
Charlottesville has a similar but modified rule: you must own the home you rent short-term as your primary residence. In other words, it's illegal to buy a house or apartment and rent it out short-term when you reside elsewhere. (The trick here is the enforcement, which hopefully will be resolved sooner than later.) You don't have to be on site when the guests are.
All of which to say, both of those references are very handy, thank you very much. And note that I am also using this thread to collate pertinent points for our upcoming local civic discussion about short-term rentals.
Looks like AirBnB Support bailed on calling me back this afternoon... sigh.
