February 7, 2018
Oregon
Progressive Party
Position on Bill at 2018
Session of Oregon Legislature:
HB 4120: Support
Dear
Committee:
The Oregon
Progressive
Party supports HB 4120, which:
- Expands definition of “transient lodging
intermediary” to include person that collects consideration for
occupancy of transient lodging and person that receives fee or
commission and requires transient lodging provider to use specified
third-party entity to collect consideration for occupancy transient
lodging.
- Provides joint and several liability for state
transient lodging tax for each and every owner of transient lodging.
- Provides rules governing filing of local transient
lodging tax returns.
- Authorizes unit of local government to subpoena and
examine witnesses, administer oaths and order production of evidence
hands of any person as necessary and proper in prosecution of inquiries
related to local transient lodging tax.
This bill is needed in order
to enable Oregon local governments to effectively collect their
transient lodging taxes applicable to short-term rentals arranged
through entities such as AirBNB. It is far more efficient that
AirBNB pay the tax rather than the owner of each individual dwelling
that is rented through its services.
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Oregon Progressive Party
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Daniel Meek
authorized legal representative
dan@meek.net
503-293-9021 |
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