NEW YORK — New York state’s top prosecutor says apartment hosts on the global rental Web site Airbnb are getting away with not paying tens of millions of dollars in taxes.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed the California-based company to turn over data on about 15,000 New York City residents who have listed apartments and rooms on the site.
Schneiderman spokesman Matt Mittenthal said Wednesday the documents would show exactly how much money the state has lost. He says he wants to make sure Airbnb hosts follow “the same rules as everyone else” — paying almost 15 percent in taxes in New York City.
“Even Airbnb admits that its customers owe taxes on apartments they’re renting out for profit. But what it’s hiding is the startling amount: tens of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes that could go towards valuable services for New Yorkers across the state. New York can’t afford to leave this much money on the table,” Mittenthal said.
Airbnb released a statement saying the company wants to help New York collect the taxes, but called the request for personal data on thousands of New York hosts “overbroad.”
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