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San
Diego & Carlsbad, CA – July 2022 / Newsmaker Alert: Deckard
Technologies, a government-focused tech company that provides software,
analytics and insights for communities to create tax fairness, has launched
its Rentalscape platform to
assist the heavily-touristed City of Carlsbad, California, in identification
of short-term rental (STR) properties to create equity for hotels and residential
hosts alike.
Although
the city has voluntary collection agreements with VRBO and Airbnb for transient
occupancy taxes to automatically be collected from guests when they book
through their websites, the rental companies do not supply details on where
or from whom the payments are coming and do not collect and remit taxes
for any bookings that happen outside of their websites. Rentalscape
offers a user-friendly platform that tracks all rooms being rented out
on digital platforms and reports those to the City so the finance department
knows what to expect in TOTs.
“Carlsbad
has become a very desired vacation destination. We have nearly 50 hotels
in the community and an increasing number of short-term vacation rentals,”
says Cheryl Gerhardt, Finance Manager for Carlsbad. “By using Rentalscape,
we can see which hosts are paying their TOTs, just like hotels do, creating
equity among businesses. And Deckard has been a great company to work with,
very responsive, and the software was intuitive and easy to learn.”
Data
provided from Deckard includes property addresses, tax parcel numbers,
nights rented, rates charged, and ownership. Violations of STR ordinances
alert code enforcement on properties that do not have permits, those that
do not include a permit number in advertisements, or where the rentals
may occur outside of the Coastal Zone – the only section of Carlsbad in
which short-term rentals are permitted. In addition to each property detail,
Rentalscape can aggregate the number of STRs active in the city, identify
aggregate revenue due and average daily rates charged, identify booking
trends and the average number of nights booked per reservation, for at
least one year past and three months in advance. It also lists the platforms
used by STR hosts. Anyone using platforms other than Airbnb and VRBO must
submit their taxes to the city directly.
According
to city officials, the future data also helps them to crack down on violators
who may have claimed to have stopped renting but who still have upcoming
rentals booked. Communities wanting additional information on Rentalscape
can contact info@deckard.com, call
858-333-7835, or visit: www.Deckard.com;
Facebook;
LinkedIn.
Media
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