“It’s mind-blowing” to have to go before the Council of State “simply to enforce the law”, deplores PCF senator Ian Brossat

“It’s still truly amazing that we need to go before the Council of State, quite simply to enforce the law”, concerning taxation on Airbnbs, deplores PCF senator from Paris Ian Brossat, guest of France Bleu Paris on Wednesday March 6. He is leading an unprecedented approach before the Council of State on Wednesday with other parliamentarians to force the government to end Airbnb’s tax advantage.

They demand that the law be respected regarding the big tax cut for owners of accommodation rented in furnished tourist accommodation such as Airbnb. “We have several parliamentarians, from the left and the right, who have put an end to a tax loophole that favors Airbnb rentalsexplains Ian Brossat. Today, if you rent your home through Airbnb, you pay less taxes than if you rent your home in the traditional way to an employee who is there all year round. We have, in the budget, put an end to this tax loophole but the government, quite incredibly, in its budget, is restoring this tax loophole which favors Airbnb, since it published a circular two weeks ago. The senator recalls that there is “an amendment that came from me, but also from other political sides, which was adopted in the Senate, which was retained in 49.3 and in the end the government came back on it. It’s still incredible.”

The parliamentarians therefore decided to go before the Council of State “to simply ensure that the law applies, to restore the law as it was passed, that is to say without this tax loophole”, specifies the communist senator. For the elected official from Paris, “We are dealing here with a somewhat strange scheme which aims to encourage tourist rentals even though we need housing in our cities to house people, to house employees, to house nurses, to house cashiers, in short to house people who make this city live and who are excluded because we are invaded by these tourist rentals”concludes Ian Brossat.