Identify, Enforce, and collect taxes from short term rentals
Harmari recently learned about vendors in the industry offering “lists” of possible short term rental addresses. These lists usually come in at a lower cost-per-lead than our system. This may…
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In December of 2018, a couple from New Orleans rented an Airbnb in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico. Unfortunately, in the rental property was a heater that was faulty, emitting…
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Many tax collection jurisdictions at the city, county, state and federal level have arranged voluntary collection agreements with Airbnb and/or HomeAway, the two biggest short term rental platforms in the…
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In its initial deployment for Traverse City, Michigan, Harmari STR has successfully identified 297 STR listings, with several non-compliant operators identified. The City has sent out letters to non-compliant operators…
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For local governments, regulating short term rentals by themselves are a challenge since they don’t have the tools to effectively enforce these regulations. The process of identifying a non-compliant short…
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Once City staff become aware that unregulated short-term rentals (STRs) are having a negative effect on the quality of life of their municipalities, they might want to immediately start contacting…
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Harmari is pleased to announce a new release of Harmari STR version 10.8. The features include the following: Manual tax entry and cash payment page for City Import file for…
Read MoreHarmari proudly announces the latest update to the Short Term Rental web portal version 10.3. The following new features have been included in this release Dynamic interactive heat map providing…
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Beware the zombies! In light of Halloween today, many of our clients are not aware that short term rental listings can be in a state of inactivity while on the…
Read MoreMany reasons exist why a short term vacation rental (STR) property may be considered illegal. From a municipal government standpoint, it could be against ordinance to operate a short term…
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