airBnb asks me 'to update my tax info for EU listings' despite I am in UK (On the 'Today' screen on the violet gradient)

[Radek25]

air-bnb asks me 'to update my tax info for EU listings' despite I am in UK and the listing is in UK (Edinburgh).

it as well adds a note to 'you need to do it to get payed' which is pushing the users to do 'extra actions' despite they have rented out based on the T&C from the past.

As well, just on the call with helpline and they are the same confused, seems like a developer did not do the 'warning' geolocation sensitive and made the message a 'scaremonger style' sent to all.

Or the developer did not know that Brexit happened.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Radek25If Nicola Sturgeon gets her way with independence you should find yourself back in the EU in a few years time. Perhaps the programmer is a Scottish Nationalist.

[Radek25]

ah - yes @Mike-And-Jane0 - that must be it - thank you airbnb for Scottish independence !

[Radek25]

or maybe airbnb decided not not admit that Brexit ever happened 🙂

but will all seriousness - airbnb - please - the tone of the message is not right, and it's badly targeted in on top of it. 

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Radek25 what country does the ID you used for Airbnb come from? I suspect this may be why they think you are in the EU.

[Radek25]

you are right - that could be the clue -  but then it is a bug even more.

The relationship of obvious:

it is one to many. One host -> many listings.

Every listing can be in different geolocation.

Therefore They cannot conclude geolocation of my listings in many geolocations based on  the source of my ID that can  point at different geolocation or can point at geolocation of a subset of my listings. 

All the listings can be in different geo locations too so the ID as 'source of truth' for the geolocation of my listing is not right.

That said - maybe they think I need to pay taxes in the play where I was born, not where I live. But that would be wrong too.

[Mike-And-Jane0]

@Radek25 two thoughts

1) Perhaps the programmers assume all countries tax your worldwide income whereas I believe it is only America and Eritrea that do this.

2) I would contact Airbnb urgently or your payouts may stop.