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Developing a short-term rental ordinance

By Azavar Local Revenue Team on Oct 18, 2021 11:21:46 AM

Advice for municipalities looking to regulate this thriving market


The short-term rental market is taking off across America. Big cities, small towns—treehouses, even. 


Local governments should consider whether rules and regulations should be put into place to manage this industry—and bring in additional funds for the community through registration fees or transient occupancy taxes.

In many communities, laws simply have not kept up with this changing market development. This guide gives community leaders some food for thought when starting the ordinance development process for short-term rental.

Interested in learning all about short-term rental platforms, regulation, administration of transient occupancy taxes, and tax compliance technology? Visit Localgov's short-term rental guide

Topics: hotel-motel tax short-term rental ordinances local revenue transient occupancy tax
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Digital nomads & local government economic recovery

By Shylo Bisnett on Jul 9, 2021 11:47:13 AM

As a longtime partner to local governments across the country, Azavar is keenly aware of the economic struggles that municipal leaders are tackling.

We are staying on top of positive economic indicators, such as a predicted boom in sales-tax revenue, as well as consumer trends like a swell in Baby Boomer travel and tourism

Topics: Sales Tax food & beverage tax short-term rental local revenue tourism digital nomads local economy
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On the road visiting municipalities … again!

By Ted Kamel on Jul 1, 2021 9:04:21 AM

Local governments are open again—and we’re meeting with leaders.

For the past year and a half, we’ve Zoomed into board meetings and City Halls all over the county. We’ve been sharing our message of how local governments can gain more control over their revenue picture with our 360 Degree Revenue Cloud approach.

Topics: azavar localgov client news short-term rental tax compliance
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Texas cities take control of local revenue

By Shylo Bisnett on Apr 8, 2021 8:19:15 AM

All across the Lone Star State, we are proud to help more and more municipalities review revenue, ensure tax compliance, and stabilize their long-term revenue picture.

Topics: Texas revenue review client news hotel-motel tax short-term rental local revenue
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Keep Tabs On the Short-Term Rental Market

By Shylo Bisnett on Mar 23, 2021 10:59:30 AM

The short-term rental market is always changing, but it's hard to stay up to date

One of our staffers was scrolling through Instagram the other day and was struck by the sheer number of ads for travel. Almost every ad was for some kind of bed-and-breakfast, outdoor adventure experience, glampground, big-name short-term rental service, etc.

Topics: local government short-term rental tax compliance
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Welcome, Texarkana, Texas!

By Ted Kamel on Dec 21, 2020 10:29:48 AM

Securing and stabilizing revenue

We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with Texarkana, Texas on a whole host of revenue reviews.

Topics: Sales Tax revenue review client news hotel-motel tax short-term rental
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Hello, College Place, Washington

By Shylo Bisnett on Dec 1, 2018 1:26:00 PM

Welcome to the Azavar Family

We are very excited to count this bustling city among our newest clients. Our team of seasoned revenue-review professionals is excited to get to work on behalf of College Place, specifically looking at short-term rental and utility taxes. We can’t wait to bring home the bacon for this town of nearly 9,000.

Topics: Sales Tax revenue review client news short-term rental