Cape Town regulators crack down on short-term rental taxes

Reading Time: 2 minutesSouth Africa: The City of Cape Town is proposing closing a tax loophole for short-term rentals which would see them taxed the same as other short-stay accommodations instead of as residences.
Avalara for Hospitality set up to automate tax compliance

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Cloud-based tax compliance solution provider Avalara has launched Avalara for Hospitality, a solution for short-term rental operators, hotel chains, resorts, OTAs and property management groups that automates the most time-consuming aspects of tax compliance, including calculation and filing of sales and lodging tax returns. Sanjay Parthasarathy, chief product officer at Avalara, said: “Today’s announcement coincides […]