Airbnb only paid 69,168 euros tax on companies French tax authorities in 2015, according to a survey released Thursday by the Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France , which took access to the accounts of American business. This officially declared a profit before taxes of 166,373 euros for a turnover of just under 5 million last year. Amounts that seem insignificant, while in terms of amounts paid annually to the hosts, Le Parisien estimated earnings rather would average 65 million.
To understand this gap, we must address the functioning of the site. When a tourist wants to rent a small cozy nest in a French town, the payment goes through subsidiaries leader in the rental of housing between individuals, within Ireland or the United Kingdom, countries popular with multinationals because of their taxation . The Sarl France Airbnb therefore only serve to make “marketing” and “promotion” and would sell itself any service. This tax optimization scheme is used by most US companies like Google and Facebook.
“People, places, love”
in recent months, Airbnb has yet worked its good reputation, playing good students with tax authorities. Accused by professionals of unfair competition hotel industry, the start-up has decided to collect the famous tourist tax, which was only just paid by the owner before. Since October, 83 cents and are requested per night and person ephemeral tenants. Tested in Paris and Chamonix, the device would have nothing to harvest in the capital 1,169,000 euros, within three months. Since 1 st of August, it was extended to 17 other French cities.
Amadouées by this charm offensive, some localities concerned the phenomenal success of Airbnb begin to let go of ballast, like Berlin. Renowned for its “hard line” in respect of rental platform, the German capital has finally given to absent residents of their foot to land the right to rent to tourists. What still boost a little the Web giant. With 60 million passengers, two million housing scattered in more than 34,000 cities and 191 countries, the start-up, which has raised $ 850 million again (761 million euros), is valued today 30 billion (27 billion euros). More than the historical hotel group Hilton or Accor, or as Hyatt and Marriott together.
Community houses under construction
Based on this success, the company announced on August 2 the launch of a mysterious “Samara project.” Officially, there is a “new experience” for establishing “connections between people,” especially in remote areas. In fact, as revealed Fastcodesign the site, the project is rather to build “community houses” where a tourist who share living room and kitchen. The first of these has already been created, entirely of wood, in a small town in southern Japan, Yoshino name. At his point, Airbnb refuses to speak of “hotel”. She argued and shared dwellings of this type, he plans to settle everywhere in the world, will be fully managed by communities, the same that would recover the money rentals. These are, for now, the only information given to “Samara”.
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