The Lake County, FL Tax Collector is not collecting bed taxes via AirBNB from renters using AirBNB for making reservations. Some individual AirBNB renters may file and pay the taxes, but most do not. Other Florida counties and some entire states work directly with AirBNB to collect taxes via the AirBNB reservation system, but apparently not Lake County. The result is hotels have to pay the bed tax of 4%, but many AirBNB renters may not be doing so, giving them an unfair pricing advantage. We have the details. Read more →
The Lake County, FL County Board is having their monthly planning and zoning meeting to review and approve P&Z proposals, including high density developments without concern for their effects on traffic gridlock. Citizens need to take action, or you won't be able to drive to work in my opinion. Read more →
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