{"id":32171,"date":"2017-11-30T14:43:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=32171"},"modified":"2017-11-30T14:43:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T06:43:05","slug":"tourism-tax-airbnb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/tourism-tax-airbnb","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb Rentals Not Spared From Tourism Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holidaymakers wanting a \u201clocal\u201d experience by putting up the night at an Airbnb will still be charged the tourism tax, despite such accommodation not recognised by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, the minister of tourism and culture, said this was to ensure justice for other hotel operators in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough local authorities have different laws or certain reasons for not recognising Airbnb, we will continue to impose the tourism tax,\u201d he said when winding up the debate on the Tourism Industry (Amendment) Bill 2017 at the Dewan Rakyat sitting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, aimed at amending the definition of \u201caccommodation premises\u201d to include any permanent and temporary structures, was later passed.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment subsection 5 (3) of the Tourism Industry Act 1992 by increasing the penalty rate from the existing fine of not more than RM50,000 or imprisonment not exceeding five years, to a maximum fine of RM500,000 or a maximum of 10 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themalaymailonline.com\/malaysia\/article\/putrajaya-to-continue-imposing-tourism-tax-on-airbnb-rentals#T48kpyFrSBthkz6p.99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">[Source]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All in the name of protecting hotel operators in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":16777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Putrajaya To Impose Tourism Tax On Airbnb Rentals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Homeowners and holidaymakers wanting to cash in on the Airbnb trend should take note of this. 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