Airbnb to collect Colorado sales tax, easing burden on hosts
Home-sharing service Airbnb will collect Colorado state sales tax online starting Wednesday, simplifying a structure that temporarily turned hosts into the taxman.
But Denver hosts can keep tax collector on their resumes until the end of June, when the city hopes to have new rules in place allowing third-party vendors to collect its 10.75 percent lodger’s tax.
Tax experts and Airbnb hosts call the change a step in the right direction, adding a line item that guests already see on ordinary hotel bills. Prior to the change, hosts were expected to collect and remit the state’s 2.9 percent sales tax themselves.
The view from the summit of Pikes Peak on Wednesday morning. (Courtesy City of Colorado Springs)
The view from the summit of Pikes Peak on Wednesday morning. (Courtesy City of Colorado Springs)
