By Tom Bergeron, June 20, 2017 at 7:48 AM
A bill that would standardize taxes paid by those staying in short-term residential accommodations such as Airbnb was approved by the state Senate Monday and is heading to Gov. Chris Christie’s desk.
If signed, the legislation would provide more than $6 million in tax revenue for municipalities and the state of the New Jersey, supporters said.
A similar measure, put in place by Jersey City two years, generated approximately $1 million in revenue for Jersey City in 2016.
Another nail in Ridgewood’s coffin.
Both the state and local municipalities never miss an opportunity to raise taxes. They tax everything and everyone to death and they wonder why people are increasingly choosing to live elsewhere..
I’m happy that Ridgewood’s ordinance protects neighbors from this. Peace of mind is more important than additional revenue (which tends to get wasted anyway).
That ordinance will be short lived. I’ve yet to hear of someone falling afoul of the law. There are plenty of lawyers just waiting.
Good luck trying to defend that arbitrary ordinance – it’s unenforceable, and will be a waste of legal fees and tax payer monies if the Village ever tries.
I think that Airbnb is great. I also think that if hotels pay an occupancy tax, Airbnb proprietors/renters should too.
The village needs to stop looking for ways to tax/permit the residents to death.
Is the village planning to generate substantial income from tickets and fines? What is going on? I voted for Knudson et al but I did expect them to launch an assault on private property rights. What is the purpose of government?
hope that someone brushes them back with a big lawsuit.
The village budget is going to rival the board of ed budget.
In Ridgewood we never miss an opportunity to control people’s lives.
That state guidelines establish a level playing field. With 500+ municipalities you can’t have yet another hodgepodge of differing regulations for something like this so eventually there’ll be a consistent policy statewide. It can provide a decent revenue stream and many of the clients will likely professionals working in NYC for short term projects and the like (as they are now. Air bnb is alive and well in Ridgewood). And, the sharing economy is here to stay.
My place has been and continues to be listed and I’m still waiting for a visit from someone, anyone from the town telling me I’m in violation of the village ordinance. Funny, no one has showed up. Only guests. And it’s going to stay that way.