03-13-2017, 04:27 PM
quote:I agree (and I doubt they are paying their taxes), but the state and county create powerful disincentives to do so. Make it almost impossible to legally have a B&B or any short-term rental in Puna due to ag district zoning (including the subdivisions that are mostly useless for agriculture), and then threaten to use the tax system to track people down for illegal rentals if they do pay TAT.
Originally posted by Kapoho Joe
I hate to be the guy to say it but are we taxing Jezuz as a BnB or what? I never minded his ragtag bunch of travellers before, but if you are going to commercialize yourself man, you need to pay your fair share.
It doesn't help that our good representative Sen. Ruderman wants to make having an illegal rental a felony (it's already a misdemeanor). Thankfully, at least that bill seems to have failed for this year.