Airbnb platform has prided itself in July having passed the 10 million travelers greeted by a French host since 2008. France is its second largest market after the United States. Yet it has paid only 69,168 euros in taxes in 2015, revealed on Thursday Le Parisien .
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The housing rental site owner does nothing illegal, but practical tax optimization, explains the daily, which could consult company accounts. The European headquarters is located in Ireland when they pay the Airbnb service in France, customers pay the money to two foreign companies, one Irish and one British.
Only 4.96 million formal turnover
The hexagonal subsidiary of the Company, SARL France Airbnb, deals only marketing and promotion of the brand in the country, a benefit for which it generated in 2015 a turnover of EUR 4.96 million and a profit of 166,373 euros, details Le Parisien . Hence the amount of tax.
The activity of Airbnb has yet exploded in recent years. According to a law firm of Gide Loyrette Nouel lawyers conducted in May on behalf of the Association for accommodation and tourism professionals (Ahtop), commissions collected by the Airbnb rental accommodation in France would amount, according to the criteria used, at an annual amount between 60 million and 160 million euros .
18% of taxes less in 2015 than 2014
The platform, whose value is estimated at $ 30 billion but which does is not yet profitable, even managed through accounting techniques to be paid in 2015 18% of taxes less than the previous year, reports Le Parisien .
Airbnb and other US multinationals such as Google, Amazon and Facebook are regularly accused of evading taxes. Hiding behind the secret tax, the Finance Ministry declined to comment on the Airbnb practices.
The platform has instead set up a collection of tourist tax, first in Paris and Chamonix last year and since August 1 in 20 other French cities.
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