With the boom in sharing economy business models, many of your clients are likely renting out their primary or secondary home, often unaware of lodging taxes, or are handling them incorrectly. Lodging taxes can present pitfalls that can trip up even the most seasoned accountant. Join this session where we’ll highlight several common mistakes, “gotchas” and developments in the burgeoning short term rental market, so that you can be sure that you’re addressing these taxes correctly.
Avalara
General Manager MyLodgeTax
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(855) 259-3274
Expert for the rapidly growing short-term lodging marketplace, Rob Stephens co-founded Avalara MyLodgeTax in 2002 out of his own necessity to understand and manage hotel tax compliance with his rental property. Avalara MyLodgeTax is a leading provider of tax compliance solutions for the vacation rental and travel industries. Avalara MyLodgeTax simplifies compliance and manages the licenses and hotel occupancy tax filings for thousands of vacation rental owners and managers across the United States. Since starting, the MyLodgeTax product offering has grown to including lodging tax solutions for large multibillion-dollar hotel and travel companies. Rob’s passion and know-how with complicated lodging tax compliance in the travel industry has presented him with regular speaking engagements at industry events.