Missouri Vacation Rentals have been under attack for the past three years in Jefferson City, MO.
Lobbyists for large corporations, hotels and municipal leagues have been attempting to add more taxes and regulation to this industry without representation by property owners or showing any compelling governmental interest to do so. This is a sector of our Missouri economy that is growing and contributing greatly to the lives of Missouri property owners and the small business that serve them.
The Missouri Vacation Home Alliance has been attempting to spread a message for vacation rental owners in Missouri: Let’s stop bans, protect private property rights, define reasonable regulation, promote the sharing economy, fight for fair taxation and establish a clear boundary between residential and commercial use.
Recently, however, many counties have been under pressure to assess vacation rentals as “commercial use” however, vacation rental homes and condos do not get the full benefit of this tax classification.
“Making money” does not define whether or not a property is taxed as commercial, state statue does. Learn how the folks at Lake of the Ozarks defeated this issue by clicking on this news article: http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20170719/assess...
By state statue, Long term rentals, time shares, bed and breakfasts are all taxed a residential property in Missouri, so why are assessors attempting to tax homes and condos as commercial?
Commercial property comes with benefits, signage opportunities, police protection and other benefits such as use change. A vacation rental approved with a city or county can not be changed to a hair salon, or a KFC or a bank, it must be used as a residential property, so why are so many local assessors trying to tax these properties a commercial?
The short answer is, it’s politics. We have strong opponents.
This petition was created to give you a voice.
We will be taking this with is to Jeff City in the coming months as we prepare for local and statewide debates.
Help us protect the residential tax classification of vacation rental property by signing this petition.
Thank you – Jeramie Worley
Updates
June 5, 2018
The lobbyists in Jefferson City are still trying to strangle our property rights while ignoring the laws already on the books. I have been spending my time pushing back against these baseless tax grabs and coordinating with owners who refuse to let these corporations bully us out of our own homes.
June 5, 2018
The corporate lobbyists attacking our property rights can ignore us no longer. We have hit a turning point in this fight and these suits in Jefferson City are starting to feel the heat.
5 Comments
I absolutely love the short term vacation rental platform and would love to see it prosper in our communities and our state. It helps a lot of people and it makes the world a better place. I have met incredible people through this platform earned a good income and it allows me to supplement if I’m unable to work for any reason. I love Sherry went home with people I love buying properties and I love being able to teach people how to make this work for themselves. Thank you so much for your time and attention
My family relies on this income just to keep our house. Stop taxing us like a hotel when we are just regular folks renting out a spare place.
Live in St. Louis city
Live in MO 3319 Watson rd St Louis 63139
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Missouri Vacation Rentals have been under attack for the past three years in Jefferson City, MO.
Lobbyists for large corporations, hotels and municipal leagues have been attempting to add more taxes and regulation to this industry without representation by property owners or showing any compelling governmental interest to do so. This is a sector of our Missouri economy that is growing and contributing greatly to the lives of Missouri property owners and the small business that serve them.
The Missouri Vacation Home Alliance has been attempting to spread a message for vacation rental owners in Missouri: Let’s stop bans, protect private property rights, define reasonable regulation, promote the sharing economy, fight for fair taxation and establish a clear boundary between residential and commercial use.
Recently, however, many counties have been under pressure to assess vacation rentals as “commercial use” however, vacation rental homes and condos do not get the full benefit of this tax classification.
“Making money” does not define whether or not a property is taxed as commercial, state statue does. Learn how the folks at Lake of the Ozarks defeated this issue by clicking on this news article: http://www.lakenewsonline.com/news/20170719/assess...
By state statue, Long term rentals, time shares, bed and breakfasts are all taxed a residential property in Missouri, so why are assessors attempting to tax homes and condos as commercial?
Commercial property comes with benefits, signage opportunities, police protection and other benefits such as use change. A vacation rental approved with a city or county can not be changed to a hair salon, or a KFC or a bank, it must be used as a residential property, so why are so many local assessors trying to tax these properties a commercial?
The short answer is, it’s politics. We have strong opponents.
This petition was created to give you a voice.
We will be taking this with is to Jeff City in the coming months as we prepare for local and statewide debates.
Help us protect the residential tax classification of vacation rental property by signing this petition.
Thank you – Jeramie Worley
Updates
June 5, 2018
The lobbyists in Jefferson City are still trying to strangle our property rights while ignoring the laws already on the books. I have been spending my time pushing back against these baseless tax grabs and coordinating with owners who refuse to let these corporations bully us out of our own homes.
June 5, 2018
The corporate lobbyists attacking our property rights can ignore us no longer. We have hit a turning point in this fight and these suits in Jefferson City are starting to feel the heat.
5 Comments
Live in Ozark. Leave our property rights alone.
I absolutely love the short term vacation rental platform and would love to see it prosper in our communities and our state. It helps a lot of people and it makes the world a better place. I have met incredible people through this platform earned a good income and it allows me to supplement if I’m unable to work for any reason. I love Sherry went home with people I love buying properties and I love being able to teach people how to make this work for themselves. Thank you so much for your time and attention
My family relies on this income just to keep our house. Stop taxing us like a hotel when we are just regular folks renting out a spare place.
Live in St. Louis city
Live in MO 3319 Watson rd St Louis 63139
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Live in Ozark. Leave our property rights alone.