County collects $1 million from vacation rental website

Sarasota County received over $978,000 in tax revenue from the home sharing platform.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 2:49 p.m. June 7, 2018
Sarasota couple Valerie Wadsworth-DeLieto and Lee DeLieto Jr. host Airbnb properties such as the Sea Turtle Cottage.
Sarasota couple Valerie Wadsworth-DeLieto and Lee DeLieto Jr. host Airbnb properties such as the Sea Turtle Cottage.
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SARASOTA — Home sharing and vacation rental company Airbnb announced it delivered over $978,000 in tax revenue to Sarasota County in the first year of its tax agreement with the county. 

 

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