Airbnb has paid less than 70,000 euros in taxes in France in 2015 – Le Figaro

The platform rental by owner reported a turnover of 4.95 million euros in France, while it is its second largest market in the world.

at the beginning of August, it was time to bluster for Airbnb. The US site of residential reservations owner announced that it surpassed the 10 million travelers greeted by a French host since 2008. mood change today. Le Parisien said Thursday qu’Airbnb not fulfilled than 69,168 euros in taxes in 2015 in France.

In 2015, Airbnb has declared a turnover of 4.95 million euros in France and 166 373 euros of profit, confirmed the Le Figaro who could consult the company’s accounts. Problem: at the end of last year, the site claimed to have paid 481 million euros in revenues guests in France between September 2014 and August 2015. When rents housing on Airbnb, money spent is distributed between the host and the platform. “We pay us by collecting service fees from each transaction, up 3% on the side of the host and of 6 to 12% – depending on the amount of the reservation – the passenger side,” affirmed in 2014 Nicolas Ferrary director of Airbnb in France, in a hearing at the National Assembly. On average, the site 12% fee on transactions as part of a rental. Which means in theory that its turnover was 65 million euros between September 2014 and August 2015. Far from EUR 4.95 million reported by the company for its activity in 2015.

Like many multinationals, Airbnb uses a complex financial arrangement to pay the least possible taxes in Europe. The US company has set up its European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, whose tax rate for companies is very low. For this reason, the country has attracted most of the technology giants that have operations in Europe: Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon …

But the situation is particular to Airbnb, including France is the second largest market in the world, with more than 300,000 homes listed in the country. The site plans to accommodate 100 million tourists per year in France in 2020. But the company faces the sling of hospitality professionals, who accuse of unfair competition. Since August 1, she is forced to collect the tourist tax in twenty cities in France, in order to repay to municipalities. The company is also the subject of a complaint filed in June in Paris prosecutor by several representatives of the tourism industry. Airbnb is now valued at over $ 30 billion.