We want to continue to work with governments on fair tax rule and welcome the agreement by EU Member States on a common tax reporting framework for digital platforms.
The first partnership on tourism levies in the region, Airbnb has signed an agreement with the City of Vilnius, Lithuania, on the automated collection of tourism taxes.
The tourist tax collected in France in 2019 has doubled that of 2018. One tourist tax euro out of five goes to rural municipalities under 3,500 inhabitants.
Airbnb will close out 2019 with a landmark US$2 billion in tourist-related taxes that have been collected and remitted to local governments on behalf of our global host community.
Today we are announcing that Airbnb has collected $1.2 Billion in transient occupancy taxes (TOT) on behalf of our community globally, over $1 Billion of which has been collected in the United States
