Taxing the cleaning fees

[Kevin Lefeuvre]

Those of you who are in the cities where Airbnb withholds TOT know that the tax applies to cleaning fees as well. That line by itself can be $700 per year for an average property in coastal Southern California. It's unfair to tax a fee. City laws usually say if it's mandatory then it's taxable. Has anyone found a way to avoid taxing the cleaning fee/pet fee ?