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trio of cross-party lawmakers last month called for rules
regulating such rentals to be tightened and for an end to the
more favorable tax treatment such rentals receive vis a vis
normal long-term rentals.
"I have a hard time understanding the very favorable tax
treatment for AirBnB. We are going to reform the tax rules and I
will make proposals," Le Maire said on BFM TV.
"When a windfall gets too big and tax is too favorable, there is
no reason to keep such tax treatment that leads to excess," he
added.
A finance ministry official said that the plans were being
worked on and it was not yet clear whether they would be
included in the 2024 budget, which is likely to be published at
the end of September.
Nearly 20% of people in the greater Paris region that do not
already rent their home or part of it on AirBnB plan to do so
during next year's Olympic Games in the French capital,
according to a survey the platform commissioned from pollsters
Ifop.
AirBnB, which is a corporate sponsor of the Games, declined to
comment on Le Maire's remarks.
(Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Additional reporting by Elizabeth
Pineau, Editing by Louise Heavens)
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