Failure to Collect Residence Tax: a Record Fine for Airbnb on the Island of Oléron

The tourist tax is used to promote a territory, finance new infrastructure and improve the quality of visitors. It is collected and donated by the online booking platforms on behalf of their hosts. Digital players who do not comply with their obligations risk heavy fines. "History will remember that a small island in the Atlantic has made the American digital tourism giant fold," says Michel Parent, president of the community of communes of the …