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System for Vacation Rental Tax Collection Set

June 9th, 2023 by WCBC Radio

The Allegany County Commissioners had a short agenda on Thursday evening with no public comment.  One issue that was brought to the commissioners was collection of the hotel/motel tax from users of Airbnb-type rentals in the county. Currently, the burden for collecting the tax has fallen on the property owner and collections are not happening consistently.  County Attorney Lee Beeman said he believes the solution has been found to make the collections easier…