Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Guest room fees

[Eris Weaver (eris]

Ann wrote:

> Currently, the TVC guest rooms offer a revenue stream that’s fairly
> important for us — about $3k per year.
> <snip>
> BTW — it’s not the TAXES that are the issue.   Taxes are GREAT!
> (We’re providing a service and bringing in some much needed revenue!)
> Rather, it’s falling under the hotel and hospitality regulations which
> are labyrinthian in DC.  THAT is terrifying …  :-)

Which brings up a good question...are those communities that charge for 
guest rooms claiming that income when you do your taxes? Are you 
adhering to your municipality's rules about bed taxes, etc? It's not a 
very big leap from "it's our shared guest room" to "we're running an 
illegal inn." How do you handle that?

(Tourism is a big part of our local economy - we are having BIG 
kerfuffles over things like airbnb)

ERis WEaver
FrogSong