Extended BnB Stays
Sap Bed-Tax Revenue
County Reps Skeptical About News
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – Zip. Nada. Zero.
Air BnB is Otsego County’s single largest bed-tax generator, but from April 1 to June 30, it generated nothing, County Treasurer Allen Ruffles reported to the county Board of Representatives this morning.
“They collected something like $140,000 and they sent us zero money,” he said. At a 2 percent rate, that would generally generate $2,800.
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