Hartford Courant – Airbnb Agrees To Have Hosts Collect State Taxes

June 8, 2016
HARTFORD – As part of an emerging effort to capture tax dollars generated by the rapidly growing sharing economy, Connecticut is poised to begin collecting taxes from Airbnb. Beginning on July 1, Airbnb’s more than 1,800 active home-rental hosts in Connecticut will collect the 15 percent hotel tax, and remit the money to the cash-strapped state….
Source: http://www.courant.com/politics/hc-airbnb-taxes-0609-20160608-story.html