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Updated over 4 years ago,
Palm Beach County TDT Collection by Airbnb?
Palm Beach County Airbnb-ers: I checked my Airbnb listings this morning and under "Automatic Tax Collection" I now see "Accommodations Tax (Palm Beach)". Before, it only showed "Sales & Use Tax (Florida)" and "Sales & Use Tax (Palm Beach)".
Obviously we have been responsible for collecting and remitting TDT tax monthly on our gross earnings. I called the TDT office and asked if TDT collection and remittance was now being done by Airbnb because it says this on their platform and they laughed at me.
I chatted Airbnb customer support (since you can no longer get anyone on the phone there), and after a 45 minute conversation still couldn't get a straight answer. Literally, two back to back messages from them read:
Accommodation Tax and Tourism Development Tax is the same.
TDT Tax is not a collected tax by Airbnb.
I'm pulling my hair out and have already thrown my phone across the room. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? I don't want to keep forking over 6% month after month if it's already being collected and remitted by Airbnb.