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Short-term rental ordinance comes into effect in the city of Boston
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnited States: People renting out their homes on platforms such as Airbnb or HomeAway in the city of Boston will now have to register with city authorities. This coincides with news that a new ordinance to regulate short-term housing rentals in Boston went into effect on 1 January. In addition to the registration requirement, the […]
Expansion of room tax to include short-term rentals in Masachusetts signed into law
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Legislation extending the state room occupancy tax to include short-term rentals in Cape Cod in Massachusetts has been signed into law by governor Charlie Baker. The legislation applies a 2.75 per cent to the tax to create a fund to clean up the Cape’s coastal waterways, in addition to the taxes already in place […]