Airbnb Works With Amsterdam to Collect Taxes, Clarify Rules
Photo Credit: Row houses along the canal in Amsterdam. Flickr / Andrés Nieto Porras
Skift Take
The new relationship shifts some of the responsibility of informing and educating hosts to Airbnb, which can use its platform to ensure they comply. This is a model that will likely be copied in other markets looking to legitimize the short-term rental economy.
Amsterdam was lauded as an innovator among sharing economy enthusiasts in February when it became one of the first cities to create a new category of accommodation, which made it legal for city residents to occasionally rent their homes to tourists.
Several rules applied to hosts: Residents could
