Short-term rentals such as Airbnb units would be regulated more like hotels, taxed and subject to inspections, insurance requirements, and registration with the state, under legislation due for introduction Monday by a House leader…

According to a new report from Airbnb, Los Angeles hosts have generated more than $13 million in tax revenue for the city since this summer. The company claims the “vast majority” of that money is going toward homeless assistance, but that’s a bit of an overstatement…

As the home-sharing service Airbnb continues to grow in Calgary, with more than 2,000 listings currently available in the city, Alberta’s hotel industry is feeling uneasy…

The stage is set for perhaps Nashville’s most contentious battle yet over Airbnb as the Metro Council prepares to consider a moratorium to stop the popular shot-term rental service from growing further…

Hundreds of thousands of families who earn extra cash online face shock tax bills and fines unless they declare the income by the end of the month…

With home-sharing platforms like Airbnb growing in popularity in Alberta, the organization representing the province’s hotel and motel owners is calling on government to impose rules on hosts it believes are competing unfairly with its members…

Renting a room, or a home, from Airbnb has historically been far cheaper than staying in a hotel in part because people who rent out their homes via the service generally don’t pay the same business taxes levied on commercial properties. Last year, for instance, a study found renting an entire home on Airbnb costs less […]

As cities around the world clamp down on Airbnb rentals, the new regulations will hit not only those offering up their homes, but the San Francisco startup as well, as new figures released this week suggest reservations in London alone in 2017 could be over $400 million less than expected…

Airbnb may be known for offering frugal travellers savings over traditional hotels, but a new investigation reveals that a lot of the savings the company can offer in the UK come not from fancy technology, but tax advantages…

A new group calling itself AirbnbWatch Florida has emerged declaring its goal as “to bring attention to illegal hotel operations in residential areas” in the Sunshine State…