Town Square: temporary vacation rental regulation

Affordable Housing

Apr 13

Two bills currently at the legislature allow transient accommodations brokers to register as tax collection agents and have explicit requirements regarding the general excise and the transient accommodations taxes. Today on Town Square we’ll consider the bills in detail.

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Beth-Ann Kozlovich

Hawaiʻi Public Radio

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