Canada's hotels are asking the federal Liberal government to take a heavier hand with online rental services like Airbnb and force the platforms to collect and remit sales tax. Pressure from domestic businesses has been building on the Trudeau government to apply sales taxes to online services providers like Airbnb and Netflix, arguing that different tax treatments create an unequal playing field. In the rest of the country, it is up to hosts to collect sales tax and provide it to the federal government. Grynol said she would like to see the various platforms be proactive in either collecting sales taxes. Airbnb spokeswoman Lindsey Scully said the company wants to pay its "fair share."

Source: CBC News May 01, 2018 11:37 UTC