29 May 2018

Hawke's Bay businesses losing sleep over bed tax

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 29 May 2018

A proposed bed tax on Airbnb rentals is causing sleepless nights in Hawke's Bay. Hawke's Bay Tourism is considering introducing a levy on the 600 homes up for rent on the website, after the regional council cut its funding this year and signalled it must find alternative sources of cash in the future. But the tax is already being slammed as unfair. RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter, Anusha Bradley, has the story.