Airbnb to collect tax in Steamboat Springs, Colorado

[James Carlson]

To any short-term rental or Airbnb folks in Steamboat Springs: Looks like Airbnb will start collecting the accommodations and sales tax for any STR in your city.

And for anyone watching how the City of Denver is going to handle enforcement of its new Airbnb law, I found this line in the story particularly interesting: "The city also doesn’t have the manpower to have someone constantly monitoring bookings and tracking down hosts who appear to be breaking the rules."

In a city like Denver - with so many new people and so much new development - I'm not sure how they're going to have the resources to actively pursue violations of its Airbnb rule.