text: Collect the taxes already, and stop rewarding TVUs brokered online. Ige' veto lost us tens of $millions revenue last year. 
  
  Huivaa still doesn't acknowledge that taxing an illegal or unwanted economic activity is a disincentive, while not taxing it rewards the activity. 
  
  In the United States, under Internal Revenue Code, a person’s taxable income will generally be subject to the same Federal income tax rules, regardless of whether the income was obtained legally or illegally. This is because you don't want to reward illegal income by not collecting taxes.
  
  Please ignore Huivaa's foolish advice, and collect the tax. If anything, taxes could be raised for brokered online vacation rental transactions, perhaps with discount/rebate for those that can document they have a valid county permit.
  
  See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_of_illegal_income_in_the_United_States