Focus on short-term rentals

Pressure is mounting on short-term rental hosts, as the tax administration and the big three platforms (Airbnb Ireland UC, Booking.com BV, and VRBO Expedia Group Vacation Rentals Ireland Limited) near the conclusion of a new protocol cooperation that will lead to identifying those who avoid declaring the incomes they receive.

According to sources, the new protocol will provide for the detailed and better exchange of information between the platforms and the tax administration (AADE) for both the incomes earned by property owners and the register they declare on the platforms. This means that the platforms will automatically disqualify property owners who either do not declare their Property Registration Number (PRN) or declare a fake one.

After a check carried out based on the data provided by the platforms to AADE, it was found that 140,000 properties are registered ...