PROVINCETOWN — The select board, community housing council, and year-round market-rate rental housing trust will reconvene on Dec. 15 to tackle, for the second time, a slate of housing proposals […]
short term rental tax
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Short-Term Rental Tax
Meetings Ahead
Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Dec. 2 […]
ECONOMY
As Guest Houses Sell, Many Become Private Homes
But innkeeping retains its appeal for some new owners
PROVINCETOWN — For 10 years, Provincetown’s hotel and guest house industry has been characterized by two trends. The total number of hotel rooms has been gradually decreasing, as many properties, […]
THE RENTAL TAX
Wellfleet Select Board: 80% of Revenue Should Go to Trust Fund
Short-term rentals created housing shortage, says Terkanian
WELLFLEET — The select board has endorsed the idea of earmarking 80 percent of the revenue from the short-term rental tax to the town’s new affordable housing trust fund. “A […]
HOW TO SPEND IT
Morse Suggests Putting 26% of Rooms Taxes Into Housing Efforts
Three boards try to move the needle on town’s housing crisis
PROVINCETOWN — How much of the money collected from the new short-term rental tax should go to community housing efforts? That was the big question on the table at a […]
HOUSING ANALYSIS
Surprises in Short-Term Rental Data
Community impact fee could apply to many properties here
PROVINCETOWN — The conversion of year-round rental property to short-term rentals has played a starring role in the housing crisis here. But it’s not the only player. An Independent analysis […]
SHORT-TERM RENTALS
New Tax Yields Windfall, but Not for Housing
Provincetown’s $2 million goes to tourism, stabilization, general funds
PROVINCETOWN — The tax on short-term rentals has generated a financial windfall for the four Outer Cape towns, newly released figures from the state show. The added revenue for the […]
EASTHAM WARRANT
Rental Tax Bonus Would Go to ‘Community Support’
Eastham Select Board unanimously supports 2% tax increase
EASTHAM — The select board has unanimously recommended Article 8 on the June 12 annual town meeting warrant, which would increase the short-term rental excise tax from 4 to 6 […]
TAXES
3 Towns Consider Raising Short-Term Rental Tax Rate
But few decisions are made on how to spend the money
Town meeting voters this spring in Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham will be asked to raise the short-term rental tax rate from 4 to 6 percent, to maximize what state law […]
This Week In Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to read its agenda and find information on how to view and take part […]
WINDOW TO A WINDFALL
DOR Releases Numbers on Short-Term Rental Tax Revenue
Bounty can now be channeled toward specific local initiatives
PROVINCETOWN — After more than a year of telling town officials that it could not be done, the Mass. Dept. of Revenue has released data on the new tax on […]
LET'S GET FISCAL
Short-Term Rental Tax Brings Outer Cape $3.8 Million
Revenue boost is received in all four towns
PROVINCETOWN — Even during the pandemic, the short-term rental tax is bringing in serious money to the four Outer Cape towns. The long-awaited tax — technically, an expansion of the […]
TOWN HALL
Resident Tax Exemption Causes Friction on Eastham Select Board
Seeking ways to increase revenue and keep town affordable
EASTHAM — The select board began its annual deliberations on whether to adopt a residential tax exemption for the next fiscal year at its Monday, Dec. 7 meeting, and division […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take part remotely. Saturday, […]
CIVICS
A New Tool for Enforcing Rental Rules
It’s not too late to get certified without a penalty
PROVINCETOWN — Since 2005 the board of health has required landlords who rent their property year-round, seasonally, or short-term (fewer than 30 days) to have a rental certificate. These certificates […]
