Today, Airbnb Mayor, Fulop , will introduce legislation to legalise the use of all short-term accommodation sites such as Airbnb and HomeAway , which could be approved as early as next month . According to Francois Baron : “In exchange for agreeing to let some of Jersey City ’s 262,000 residents rent out a bedroom, or even their entire apartment on Airbnb , the company would charge users the same 6% hospitality tax currently levied on guests at the city’s dozen hotels. Mr. Steven Fulop anticipates the tax would generate between $600,000 and $1m annually on the dozen Airbnb listings in the city.
Today, Jersey City Mayor, Steven Fulop, will introduce legislation to legalise the use of all short-term accommodation sites such as Airbnb and HomeAway, which could be approved as early as next month. According to the New York Times: “In exchange for agreeing to let some of Jersey City’s 262,000 residents rent out a bedroom, or even their entire apartment on Airbnb, the company would charge users the same 6% hospitality tax currently levied on guests at the city’s dozen hotels. Mr. Fulop anticipates the tax would generate between $600,000 and $1m annually on the more than 300 Airbnb listings in the city.